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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 31, 2007
Dana Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (419) 535-4500
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Dana Corporation (Dana) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Debtors) are
operating under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the Bankruptcy Code). The
Debtors Chapter 11 cases (collectively, the Bankruptcy Cases) are pending in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court), where they have been
consolidated under the caption In re Dana Corporation, et al., Case No. 06-10354 (BRL).
On August 31, 2007, the Debtors filed a Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors
in Possession (the Plan) and related Disclosure Statement with Respect to Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in Possession (the Disclosure Statement) with the Bankruptcy
Court. The Plan and the Disclosure Statement are subject to the review and approval of the
Bankruptcy Court. Copies of the Plan and the Disclosure Statement are attached to this report as
Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1. Dana agrees to furnish supplementally a copy
of any schedule or exhibit omitted from
Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
Certain statements and projections contained in the Plan and/or the Disclosure Statement
(including their exhibits) are, by their nature, forward-looking within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and projections are
subject to uncertainties relating to the Debtors operations and business environment and a number
of other risks, uncertainties and assumptions (including, but not limited to, those discussed in
Section XIV of the Disclosure Statement, Certain Risk Factors to be Considered) which are
difficult to predict and which are, in many cases, beyond the Debtors control. In light of these
risks and uncertainties, the events and circumstances described in the forward-looking statements
and projections in the Plan and/or the Disclosure Statement may not occur and the Debtors actual
financial results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking
statements and projections. Dana does not undertake to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements or projections contained in the Plan and/or the Disclosure Statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
The Plan and the Disclosure Statement attached to this report are preliminary only and subject
to material modifications. There is no assurance as to what claims or interests will be satisfied,
and in what manner, under the Debtors plan of reorganization as ultimately confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court. Therefore, investors should exercise appropriate caution with respect to
existing and future investments in any of the Debtors liabilities and/or securities and should not
rely on the attached Plan and Disclosure Statement in making any investment decision.
This report is not intended to be a solicitation of votes for any reorganization of the
Debtors.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed or furnished with this report.
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Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in
Possession, dated August 31, 2007 |
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99.1
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Disclosure Statement with Respect to Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in Possession, dated
August 31, 2007 |
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dana Corporation
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Date: September 4, 2007
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By:
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/s/ Marc S. Levin
Marc S. Levin
Acting General Counsel and Acting Secretary
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Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in
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Disclosure Statement with Respect to Joint Plan of
Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in Possession, dated
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Exhibit 2.1
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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In re
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Dana Corporation, et al.,
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Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) |
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Debtors.
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JONES DAY |
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Telephone: (212) 326-3939 |
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Facsimile: (212) 755-7306 |
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Telephone: (216) 586-3939 |
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Telephone: (404) 521-3939 |
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Debtors in Possession |
August 31, 2007 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION AND COMPUTATION OF TIME |
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B. Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time |
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1. Rules of Interpretation |
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2. Computation of Time |
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ARTICLE II. CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS; CRAMDOWN; EXECUTORY
CONTRACTS & UNEXPIRED LEASES |
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A. Unclassified Claims |
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1. Payment of Administrative Claims |
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2. Payment of Priority Tax Claims |
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B. Classified Claims and Interests |
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1. Priority Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (Class
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2. Priority Claims Against EFMG (Class 1B Claims) |
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3. Secured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors Other
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4. Secured Claims Against EFMG (Class 2B Claims) |
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5. Port Authority Secured Claim (Class 2C Claim) |
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6. Asbestos Personal Injury Claims (Class 3 Claims) |
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7. Convenience Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors
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8. General Unsecured Claims Against EFMG (Class 5A Claims) |
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9. 5.85% Bond Claims (Class 5B Claims) |
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10. 6.5% and 7% Bond Claims (Class 5C Claims) |
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11. 9% Bond Claims (Class 5D Claims) |
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12. 10.125% Bond Claims (Class 5E Claims) |
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13. Other General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated
Debtors (Class 5F Claims) |
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14. Union Claim (Class 5G Claim) |
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15. Prepetition Intercompany Claims (Class 6A Claims) |
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16. Claims of Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned Non-Debtor
Affiliates Other than DCC (Class 6B Claims) |
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17. DCC Claim (Class 6C Claim) |
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18. Old Common Stock of Dana (Class 7A Interests) |
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19. Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims Against the
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20. Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests (Class 8 Interests) |
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C. Special Provisions Regarding the Treatment of Allowed Secondary
Liability Claims; Maximum Recovery |
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D. Confirmation Without Acceptance by All Impaired Classes |
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E. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
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1. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed |
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2. Approval of Assumptions and Assignments; Assignments
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3. Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory
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4. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition
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5. Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
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6. Bar Date for Rejection Damages |
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7. Special Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Issues
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8. No Change in Control |
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ARTICLE III. THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT |
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A. Assumption and Assignment of Collective Bargaining Agreements |
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B. Cessation of Union Retiree and Long Term Disability Benefits |
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C. Contributions to UAW Union Retiree VEBA and USW Union Retiree VEBA |
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D. Assumption and Assignment of Pension Benefits |
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E. Emergence Bonus for Union Employees |
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F. The New Equity Investment |
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G. New Employment Agreements |
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H. Limitations on Sales of Core Businesses Prior to Effective Date |
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B. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date |
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D. Effect of Nonoccurrence of Conditions to the Effective Date |
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E. Effect of Confirmation of the Plan |
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1. Dissolution of Official Committees |
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2. Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the
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3. Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies |
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4. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests |
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7. Exculpation |
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8. Termination of Certain Subordination Rights and
Settlement of Related Claims and Controversies |
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ARTICLE V. MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN |
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A. Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets |
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B. Restructuring Transactions |
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1. Restructuring Transactions Generally |
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2. Obligations of Any Successor Corporation in a
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C. Corporate Governance and Directors and Officers |
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1. Certificates of Incorporation and Bylaws of New Dana
Holdco and the Other Reorganized Debtors |
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2. Directors and Officers of New Dana Holdco and the Other
Reorganized Debtors |
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3. Compliance with Exchange Act by New Dana Holdco |
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D. New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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1. Issuance and Distribution of New Dana Holdco Common
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2. Listing |
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3. Section 1145 Exemption |
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E. Employment, Retirement and Other Related Agreements; Cessation of
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1. Employment-Related Agreements |
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2. Cessation of Retiree Benefits |
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3. Continuation of Workers Compensation Programs |
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4. Emergence Bonus for Non-Union Employees |
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F. Corporate Action |
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G. Creditor Oversight Committee |
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1. Composition |
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2. Rights and Responsibilities |
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3. Fees and Expenses of the Creditor Oversight Committee |
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H. Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims |
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1. Limitations on Amounts to Be Distributed to Holders of
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2. Reinstatement and Continuation of Insurance Policies |
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I. Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other
Documentation |
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1. Bonds |
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2. Old Common Stock |
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J. Release of Liens |
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K. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain
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ARTICLE VI. PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS |
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A. Distributions for Claims and Interests Allowed as of the Effective Date |
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B. Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests |
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C. Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions |
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D. Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve |
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1. Funding of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve |
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2. Dividends and Distributions |
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3. Recourse |
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4. Voting of Undelivered New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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5. Tax Treatment |
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E. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions
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2. Undeliverable Distributions Held by Disbursing Agents
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F. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed |
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1. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes
Other than 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F and 7B |
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2. Postpetition Interest on Claims |
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3. Post-Effective Date Interest on Claims |
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4. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes
5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F |
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5. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Interests in Class
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6. Distributions of New Dana Holdco Common Stock No
Fractional Shares; Rounding |
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7. De Minimis Distributions |
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8. Administration and Distribution of Union Emergence
Shares |
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G. Distribution Record Date |
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H. Means of Cash Payments |
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I. Foreign Currency Exchange Rate |
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J. Establishment of Reserves |
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K. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities |
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2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Bonds |
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3. Failure to Surrender Bonds |
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5. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Old Common Stock
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6. Failure to Surrender Old Common Stock of Dana |
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L. Withholding and Reporting Requirements |
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M. Setoffs |
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N. Application of Distributions |
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ARTICLE VII. PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED CLAIMS |
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A. Treatment of Disputed Claims |
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1. ADR Procedures |
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2. Tort Claims |
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3. Disputed Insured Claims |
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4. No Distributions Pending Allowance |
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B. Prosecution of Objections to Claims |
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1. Objections to Claims |
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2. Authority to Prosecute Objections |
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3. Authority to Amend Schedules |
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C. Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed |
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ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION OF THE DEBTORS |
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A. Consolidation |
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B. Order Granting Consolidation |
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ARTICLE IX. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION |
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ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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A. Modification of the Plan |
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B. Revocation of the Plan |
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C. Severability of Plan Provisions |
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D. Successors and Assigns |
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E. The New Investment Agreement and Union Settlement Agreements |
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F. Service of Documents |
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1. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors |
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2. The Creditors Committee |
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3. The Retiree Committee |
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4. The Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee |
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53 |
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5. Centerbridge and CBP |
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6. The Unions |
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit I.A.56
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Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement |
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Exhibit I.A.64
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Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases |
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Exhibit I.A.88
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Principal Terms of the Exit Facility |
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Exhibit I.A.117
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New Series B Subscription Agreement |
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Exhibit I.A.129
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Pension Plans to Be Assumed and Assigned |
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Exhibit II.E.1.a
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Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be Assumed |
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Exhibit II.E.1.c
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Joint Venture Agreements to be Assumed and Assigned |
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Exhibit II.E.5
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Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be Rejected |
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Exhibit III.A
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Collective Bargaining and Related Agreements to be Assumed and Assigned |
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Exhibit V.B.1
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Restructuring Transactions |
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Exhibit V.C.1.a
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Certificate of Incorporation (or Comparable Constituent Documents) of New Dana Holdco, including New Dana
Holdcos Certificate of Designations and Form Certificates of Incorporation (or Comparable Constituent
Documents) for the Other Reorganized Debtors |
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Exhibit V.C.1.b
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Bylaws (or Comparable Constituent Documents) of New Dana Holdco and Form Bylaws (or Comparable Constituent
Documents) for the Other Reorganized Debtors |
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Exhibit V.C.2
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Initial Directors and Officers of New Dana Holdco and Each Other Reorganized Debtor |
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INTRODUCTION
Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation, and the other above-captioned debtors and debtors in
possession (collectively, as further defined below, the Debtors) propose the following joint plan
of reorganization for the resolution of the outstanding claims against and equity interests in the
Debtors. The Debtors are the proponents of the Plan (as such term is defined below) within the
meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code (as such term is defined below). Reference is made
to the Debtors Disclosure Statement (as such term is defined below), distributed contemporaneously
with the Plan, for a discussion of the Debtors history, business, results of operations,
historical financial information, projections and properties and for a summary and analysis of the
Plan. Other agreements and documents supplement the Plan and have been or will be filed with the
Bankruptcy Court (as such term is defined below). These supplemental agreements and documents are
referenced in the Plan and the Disclosure Statement and will be available for review.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION
AND COMPUTATION OF TIME
A. Defined Terms
As used in the Plan, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below. Any term that is
not otherwise defined herein, but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules (as
each such term is defined below), will have the meaning given to that term in the Bankruptcy Code
or the Bankruptcy Rules, as applicable.
1. 5.85% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 5.85% Bonds Indenture.
2. 5.85% Bonds Indenture means the Indenture for Senior Securities between Dana, as Issuer,
and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, dated December 10, 2004, relating to the $450 million 5.85% Notes
due January 15, 2015, as the same may have been subsequently modified, amended or supplemented,
together with all instruments and agreements related thereto.
3. 5.85% Bond Claim means a Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by a 5.85% Bond.
4. 6.5% and 7% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 6.5% and 7% Bonds Indenture.
5. 6.5% and 7% Bonds Indenture means the Indenture for Senior Securities between Dana, as
Issuer, and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, dated December 15, 1997, relating to the (a) $350 million
6.5% Notes due March 1, 2009, (b) $400 million 7% Notes due March 1, 2029, (c) $150 million 6.5%
Notes due March 15, 2008 and (d) $200 million 7% Notes due March 15, 2028, as the same may have
been subsequently modified, amended or supplemented, together with all instruments and agreements
related thereto.
6. 6.5% and 7% Bond Claim means a Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by a 6.5% and 7%
Bond.
7. 9% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 9% Bonds Indenture.
8. 9% Bonds Indenture means the Indenture between Dana, as Issuer, and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent for the Dollar Securities, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch,
as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Euro Securities, dated August 8, 2001, relating to the (a)
$575 million 9% Notes due August 15, 2011 and (b) 200 9% Notes due August 15, 2011, as the same
may have been subsequently modified, amended or supplemented, together with all instruments and
agreements related thereto.
9. 9% Bond Claim means a Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by a 9% Bond.
10. 10.125% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 10.125% Bonds Indenture.
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11. 10.125% Bonds Indenture means the Indenture between Dana, as Issuer, and Citibank, N.A.,
as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent, dated March 11, 2002, relating to the $250 million 10.125%
Notes due March 15, 2010, as the same may have been subsequently modified, amended or supplemented,
together with all instruments and agreements related thereto.
12. 10.125% Bond Claim means a Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by a 10.125% Bond.
13. Acquired Bond Claims means Qualified Bond Claims that are transferred to a Person (a)
who is a QIB and (b) who assumes all of the obligations of the transferor under the Plan Support
Agreement in connection with such transfer. Acquired Bond Claims (as such term is defined in the
preceding sentence) that are subsequently transferred to a Person who (a) is a QIB and (b) assumes
all of the obligations of the transferor under the Plan Support Agreement and delivers a signature
page to the Plan Support Agreement to Dana and Centerbridge within five Business Days of the
closing of such transfer (but in no event later than the Confirmation Date) shall continue to be
deemed Acquired Bond Claims.
14. Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee means the ad hoc committee of holders of Bonds represented
by Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
15. Ad Hoc Steering Committee means DK Partners; Dune Capital Management, LP; Franklin
Mutual Advisers; and Silver Point Capital LP or, if any of the aforementioned parties are no longer
Bondholders, the four largest Bondholders that have executed appropriate confidentiality agreements
with the Debtors and who are members of the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee.
16. Administrative Claim means a Claim against a Debtor or its Estate arising on or after
the Petition Date and prior to the Effective Date for a cost or expense of administration in the
Chapter 11 Cases that is entitled to priority or superpriority under sections 364(c)(1), 503(b),
503(c), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs
and expenses incurred after the Petition Date of preserving the Estates and operating the
businesses of the Debtors (such as wages, salaries, commissions for services and payments for
inventories, leased equipment and premises); (b) Claims under the DIP Credit Agreement; (c)
compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and reimbursement of
expenses awarded or allowed under sections 330(a) or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, including Fee
Claims; (d) any Allowed Claims for reclamation under section 546(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code; (e)
Claims, pursuant to section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, for the value of goods received by
the Debtors in the 20 days immediately prior to the Petition Date and sold to the Debtors in the
ordinary course of the Debtors businesses; (f) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates
under chapter 123 of title 28, United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1911-1930; (g) any Claims entitled
to administrative priority under the Union Settlement Agreements as approved by the Global
Settlement Order; (h) any Claims of Centerbridge entitled to superpriority under the New Investment
Agreement as approved by the Global Settlement Order; and (i) all Postpetition Intercompany Claims
other than Postpetition Intercompany Claims entered into a Debtors intercompany equity account
for internal accounting purposes after the close of 2006.
17. ADR Order means the Order, Pursuant to Sections 105 and 502 of the Bankruptcy Code and
Bankruptcy Rules 3007 and 9019, Approving Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures to Promote the
Resolution of Certain Prepetition Claims (Docket No. 5372), entered by the Bankruptcy Court on May
23, 2007, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
18. ADR Procedures means the alternative dispute resolution procedures approved by the ADR
Order.
19. Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under Common Control with, another Person;
provided that, Centerbridge and CBP are not to be considered Affiliates of Dana.
20. Allowed ... Claim or Allowed ... Interest means an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as
the case may be, in the particular Class or category specified.
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21. Allowed Claim when used:
a. with respect to any Claim other than an Administrative Claim, means a Claim that is not a
Disallowed Claim and:
(i) (A) is listed on a Debtors Schedules and not designated in the Schedules as either
disputed, contingent or unliquidated and (B) is not otherwise a Disputed Claim;
(ii) (A) as to which no objection to allowance has been interposed on or before the Claims
Objection Bar Date or such other applicable period of limitation fixed by the Plan, the
Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Rules or a Final Order for objecting to such Claims and (B) is
not otherwise a Disputed Claim; or
(iii) that is allowed: (A) in any Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim executed by the
applicable Claim holder on or after the Effective Date, (B) in any contract, instrument or other
agreement entered into in connection with the Plan and, if prior to the Effective Date, approved by
the Bankruptcy Court, (C) pursuant to a Final Order or (D) pursuant to the terms of the Plan; and
b. with respect to an Administrative Claim, means an Administrative Claim that is not a
Disallowed Claim and:
(i) (A) as to which no objection to allowance has been interposed on or before the Claims
Objection Bar Date or such other applicable period of limitation fixed by the Plan, the
Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Rules or a Final Order for objecting to such Claims and (B) is
not otherwise a Disputed Claim; or
(ii) that is allowed: (A) in any Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim executed by the
applicable Claim holder on or after the Effective Date, (B) in any contract, instrument or other
agreement entered into in connection with the Plan and, if prior to the Effective Date, approved by
the Bankruptcy Court, (C) pursuant to a Final Order or (D) pursuant to Section II.A.1.
22. Allowed Interest means an Interest registered in the stock register, membership interest
register or any similar register or schedule maintained by or on behalf of a Debtor as of the
Distribution Record Date and not timely objected to or that is allowed by a Final Order.
23. Asbestos Personal Injury Claim means any Claim, remedy, liability or demand, held by or
asserted on behalf of an individual, now existing or hereafter arising against any Debtor, whether
or not such Claim, remedy, liability or demand is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated,
fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or
unsecured, whether or not the facts of or legal bases therefor are known or unknown, under any
theory of law, equity, admiralty or otherwise (including piercing the corporate veil, alter ego and
similar theories), for death, bodily injury, sickness, disease, medical monitoring or other
personal injuries (whether physical, emotional or otherwise) to the extent allegedly arising out of
or based on, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, the presence of or exposure to asbestos
or asbestos-containing products or things that were installed, engineered, designed, manufactured,
fabricated, constructed, sold, supplied, produced, specified, selected, distributed, released,
marketed, serviced, maintained, repaired, purchased, owned, occupied, used, removed, replaced or
disposed of by any Debtor or an entity for whose products or operations any Debtor allegedly has
liability or for which any Debtor is otherwise allegedly liable, including any Claim, remedy,
liability or demand for compensatory damages (such as loss of consortium, lost wages or other
opportunities, wrongful death, medical monitoring, survivorship, proximate, consequential, general
and special damages) or punitive damages related thereto, and any Claim under any settlement
entered into by or on behalf of any Debtor prior to or after the Petition Date of an Asbestos
Personal Injury Claim. Asbestos Personal Injury Claim does not include (a) a workers compensation
claim brought directly by a past or present employee of any Debtor under an applicable workers
compensation statute or (b) a Claim for indemnity, contribution or reimbursement asserted on
account of an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim (as such term is defined in the preceding sentence) by
entities other than the allegedly injured individual.
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24. Assets means all of a Debtors property, rights and interest that are property of a
Debtors Estate pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.
25. Ballot means the form or forms distributed to each holder of an impaired Claim or
Interest entitled to vote on the Plan on which the holder indicates either acceptance or rejection
of the Plan and (when applicable) any election for treatment of such Claim or Interest under the
Plan.
26. Bankruptcy Code means title 11 of the United States Code, as now in effect or hereafter
amended, as applicable to these Chapter 11 Cases.
27. Bankruptcy Court means the United States District Court having jurisdiction over the
Chapter 11 Cases and, to the extent of any reference made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157, the
bankruptcy unit of such District Court.
28. Bankruptcy Rules means, collectively, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and the
local rules of the Bankruptcy Court, as now in effect or hereafter amended.
29. Bar Date means the applicable bar date by which a proof of Claim must be, or must have
been, Filed, as established by an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including a Bar Date Order and the
Confirmation Order.
30. Bar Date Order means any order of the Bankruptcy Court establishing Bar Dates for Filing
proofs of Claim in the Chapter 11 Cases, including the Order Establishing Bar Dates for Filing
Proofs of Claim and Approving Form and Manner of Notice Thereof, entered on July 19, 2006 (Docket
No. 2073), as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented.
31. Bondholder means a holder of a Bondholder Claim.
32. Bondholder Claim means any Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by a Bond.
33. Bondholder Record Date means August 13, 2007.
34. Bonds means, collectively: (a) the 5.85% Bonds; (b) the 6.5% and 7% Bonds; (c) the 9%
Bonds; and (d) the 10.125% Bonds.
35. Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday (as defined
in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).
36. Case Management Order means the Amended Administrative Order, Pursuant to Rule 1015(c)
of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Establishing Case Management and Scheduling
Procedures (Docket No. 574), entered on March 23, 2006, as it may be amended from time to time.
37. Cash means legal tender of the United States of America and equivalents thereof.
38. Cash Investment Yield means the net yield earned by the applicable Disbursing Agent from
the investment of Cash held pending distribution pursuant to the Plan (including any Cash received
by the Disbursing Agent on account of dividends and other distributions on the Reserved Shares),
which investment will be in a manner consistent with Danas investment and deposit guidelines.
39. Catch-Up Distribution means: (a) with respect to each holder of an Allowed Claim in
Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F that was previously a Disputed Claim, the amount of Reserved Shares
and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash equal to the aggregate amount of any (i) Distributable Shares of
New Dana Holdco Common Stock, (ii) Distributable Excess Minimum Cash, (iii) Reserved Shares and
(iv) Reserved Excess Minimum Cash (if any) that such holder would have received if its Claim had
been an Allowed Claim on the Effective Date and each Periodic Distribution Date preceding the date
the Claim became Allowed; and (b) with respect to each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 7B that
was previously a Disputed Claim, the amount of Reserved Shares and Reserved
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Excess Minimum Cash equal to the aggregate amount of any Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess
Minimum Cash (if any) that such holder would have received if its Claim had been an Allowed Claim
on the Periodic Distribution Date upon which (i) all Disputed Claims in Classes other than Class 7B
entitled to distributions were resolved and (ii) all distributions to which the holders of such
Claims were entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan were made from the Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve.
40. CBP means CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, one of the New Equity Investors.
41. Centerbridge means Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P.
42. Centerbridge Purchaser Entities means CBP and its permitted successors and assigns under
the New Investment Agreement.
43. Chapter 11 Cases means, collectively, the cases commenced under chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code by the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.
44. Claim means a claim (as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against a
Debtor.
45. Claims Objection Bar Date means, for all Claims, including Claims asserting priority
under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, other than Allowed Claims, the latest of: (a) 150
days after the Effective Date, subject to extension by order of the Bankruptcy Court; (b) 90 days
after the Filing of a proof of Claim for such Claim; and (c) such other period of limitation as may
be specifically fixed by the Plan, the Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Rules or a Final Order
for objecting to such a Claim.
46. Class means a class of Claims or Interests, as described in Article II.
47. Confirmation means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Bankruptcy
Court.
48. Confirmation Date means the date on which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation
Order on its docket, within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.
49. Confirmation Exhibits means, collectively, the documents listed on the Table of
Exhibits included herein, which documents will be Filed no later than five days before the
Confirmation Hearing, to the extent not filed earlier. All Confirmation Exhibits will be made
available on the Document Websites once they are Filed. The Debtors reserve the right, in
accordance with the terms hereof, to modify, amend, supplement, restate or withdraw any of the
Confirmation Exhibits after they are Filed and shall promptly make such changes available on the
Document Websites.
50. Confirmation Hearing means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court on Confirmation of
the Plan, as such hearing may be continued from time to time.
51. Confirmation Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant
to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
52. Consolidated Debtors means, collectively, all of the Debtors other than EFMG.
53. Control, Controlled by and under Common Control with means possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
54. Convenience Claims means General Unsecured Claims against any of the Consolidated
Debtors that otherwise would be classified in Class 5F, but, with respect to each such Claim,
either (a) the amount of such Claim is equal to or less than $5,000 or (b) is reduced to $5,000
pursuant to an election by the Claim holder made on the Ballot provided for voting on the Plan by
the Voting Deadline.
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55. Creditor Oversight Committee means the committee established pursuant to Section V.G to
oversee the unsecured claims reconciliation process and direct the Disbursing Agent or Third Party
Disbursing Agent, as applicable, with respect to distributions under the Plan to Classes 5B, 5C,
5D, 5E and 5F, the membership of which shall be chosen by the Creditors Committee in consultation
with the Debtors.
56. Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement means the agreement, which shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Creditors Committee, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors
and Centerbridge, establishing the terms governing the Creditor Oversight Committee, substantially
in the form of Exhibit I.A.56.
57. Creditors Committee means the statutory official committee of unsecured creditors
appointed by the United States Trustee in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the
Bankruptcy Code, as such appointment has been subsequently modified.
58. Creditors Committee Website means the internet site address
http://www.danacreditorcommittee.com at which all of the exhibits and schedules to the Plan and the
Disclosure Statement will be available to creditors of the Debtors.
59. Cure Amount Claim means a Claim based upon a Debtors defaults under an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease at the time such contract or lease is assumed by such Debtor under
section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code to the extent required by section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
60. Dana means Debtor Dana Corporation.
61. DCC means Dana Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a non-debtor affiliate of
the Debtors.
62. DCC Bonds means the: (a) $8.0 million 7.18% notes due April 8, 2006; (b) $12.0 million
6.93% notes due April 8, 2006; (c) $30.0 million 7.91% notes due August 16, 2006; (d) $30.0 million
6.88% notes due August 28, 2006; (e) $275.0 million 8.375% notes due August 15, 2007; and (f) $37.0
million 6.59% notes due December 1, 2007.
63. DCC Claim means the $325 million General Unsecured Claim against Dana, Allowed pursuant
to the Order Approving Settlement Agreement among the Debtors and Dana Credit Corporation (Docket
No. 4199), entered on November 30, 2006.
64. Debtors means, collectively, the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession
identified on Exhibit I.A.64.
65. Derivative Claim means a claim (as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) or
cause of action that is the property of any of the Debtors Estates pursuant to section 541 of the
Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation, those claims and causes of action asserted in
Staehr v. Burns et al., Civil Action No. 3:06-cv-07069-JGC, N.D. Ohio (2006) and Casden v. Burns et
al., Civil Action No. 3:06-cv-07068-JGC, N.D. Ohio (2006).
66. DIP Credit Agreement means, collectively: (a) the Senior Secured Superpriority
Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement among Dana (as borrower), the other Debtors (as guarantors),
Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, and Citigroup Capital Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and the
other lenders party thereto; (b) all amendments thereto and extensions thereof; and (c) all
security agreements and instruments related to the documents identified in (a) and (b).
67. DIP Lender Claim means any Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by (a) the DIP
Credit Agreement and (b) the Final DIP Order.
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68. DIP Lenders means, collectively: (a) those entities identified as Lenders in the DIP
Credit Agreement and their respective permitted successors and assigns (solely in their capacity as
Lenders under the DIP Credit Agreement); and (b) any agent bank named therein (solely in its
capacity as agent bank under the DIP Credit Agreement).
69. Disallowed, when used with respect to a Claim, means a Claim that has been disallowed by
a Final Order.
70. Disbursing Agent means any Reorganized Debtor in its capacity as disbursing agent
pursuant to Section VI.B, the Indenture Trustee or any Third Party Disbursing Agent.
71. Disclosure Statement means the disclosure statement (including all exhibits and
schedules thereto or referenced therein) that relates to the Plan and has been prepared and
distributed by the Debtors, as plan proponents, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to
section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented.
72. Disputed Claim means:
a. a Claim that is listed on a Debtors Schedules as either disputed, contingent or
unliquidated;
b. a Claim that is listed on a Debtors Schedules as other than disputed, contingent or
unliquidated, but the nature or amount of the Claim as asserted by the holder varies from the
nature or amount of such Claim as it is listed on the Schedules;
c. a Claim that is not listed on a Debtors Schedules;
d. a Claim as to which the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or, prior to the
Confirmation Date, any other party in interest, has Filed an objection by the Claims Objection Bar
Date and such objection has not been withdrawn or denied by a Final Order;
e. a Claim for which a proof of Claim or request for payment of Administrative Claim is
required to be Filed under the Plan and no such proof of Claim or request for payment of
Administrative Claim is timely filed; or
f. a Tort Claim.
73. Disputed Insured Claim and Disputed Uninsured Claim mean, respectively, an Insured
Claim or an Uninsured Claim that is also a Disputed Claim.
74. Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve means the reserve of Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets, which reserve (a) will maintain the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets in trust for
Pro Rata distribution to holders of Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C,
5D, 5E and 5F pursuant to the terms of the Plan and (b) will not constitute property of the
Reorganized Debtors.
75. Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets means (a) the Reserved Shares, (b) any Reserved
Excess Minimum Cash, (c) any Cash dividends or other distributions received by the Disbursing Agent
on account of the Reserved Shares and (d) any related Cash Investment Yield.
76. Distributable Excess Minimum Cash means the Excess Minimum Cash, less the Reserved
Excess Minimum Cash, to be distributed Pro Rata on the Effective Date to holders of Allowed Claims
in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F that are not Disputed Claims as of the Effective Date pursuant to
the terms of the Plan.
77. Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock means the shares of New Dana Holdco
Common Stock issued on the Effective Date, less (a) the Reserved Shares and (b) the Emergence
Shares, to
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be distributed Pro Rata on the Effective Date to holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C,
5D, 5E and 5F that are not Disputed Claims as of the Effective Date pursuant to the terms of the
Plan.
78. Distribution Record Date means the close of business on the Confirmation Date.
79. Document Websites means (a) the internet site address http://www.dana.bmcgroup.com at
which all of the Exhibits and schedules to the Plan and the Disclosure Statement will be available
to any party in interest and the public; and (b) the Creditors Committee Website.
80. Effective Date means a day, as determined by the Debtors, that is the Business Day as
soon as reasonably practicable after all conditions to the Effective Date in Section IV.B have
been met or waived in accordance with Section IV.C.
81. EFMG means EFMG LLC, a Virginia limited liability company and one of the Debtors.
82. Emergence Shares means, collectively, the Union Emergence Shares and the Non-Union
Emergence Shares.
83. ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C.
§§ 1301-1461.
84. Estate means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for such Debtor in its Chapter 11
Case pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.
85. Excess Minimum Cash means Cash in excess of (a) the minimum Cash required by the
Reorganized Debtors to operate their businesses on the Effective Date and thereafter plus (b) the
amount of Cash needed, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, to satisfy all (i) Allowed Secured
Claims, Allowed DIP Lender Claims, Allowed Administrative Claims, Allowed Priority Tax Claims,
Allowed Priority Claims and Allowed Claims in Classes 4, 5A, 6B and 6C and (ii) Secured Claims, DIP
Lender Claims, Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims, Priority Claims or Claims in Classes 4,
5A 6B and 6C that (A) are Disputed Claims and (B) may become Allowed Claims after the Effective
Date plus (c) the amount of Cash needed to satisfy the Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA
Contribution, the USW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution and the UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution.
86. Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
87. Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease means a contract or lease to which a Debtor is a
party that is subject to assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection under section 365 of
the Bankruptcy Code and includes any modifications, amendments, addenda or supplements thereto or
restatements thereof.
88. Exit Facility means a senior secured credit facility that: (a) includes (i) funded
commitments not to exceed $1.5 billion and (ii) unfunded commitments; and (b) will be entered into
by the Reorganized Debtors, the Exit Facility Agent and the other financial institutions party
thereto on the Effective Date on substantially the terms set forth on Exhibit I.A.88.
89. Exit Facility Agent means the agent under the Exit Facility.
90. Face Amount means:
a. when used with reference to a Disputed Insured Claim, either (i) the full stated amount
claimed by the holder of such Claim in any proof of Claim Filed by the Bar Date, or otherwise
deemed timely Filed under applicable law, if the proof of Claim specifies only a liquidated amount;
(ii) if no proof of Claim is Filed by the Bar Date or otherwise deemed timely filed under
applicable law, the full amount of the Claim listed on the Debtors Schedules,
provided that such
amount is not listed as disputed, contingent or unliquidated; or (iii) the applicable deductible
under the relevant insurance policy, minus any reimbursement obligations of the applicable Debtor
to the insurance carrier for sums expended by the insurance carrier on account of such Claim
(including
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defense costs), if such amount is less than the amount specified in (i) or (ii) above or the
proof of Claim specifies an unliquidated amount; and
b. when used with reference to a Disputed Uninsured Claim, either (i) the full stated amount
claimed by the holder of such Claim in any proof of Claim Filed by the Bar Date or otherwise deemed
timely Filed under applicable law, if the proof of Claim specifies only a liquidated amount or (ii)
the amount of the Claim (A) acknowledged by the applicable Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or, prior to
the Effective Date, the Creditors Committee in conjunction with the Debtors in any objection Filed
to such Claim, (B) estimated by the Bankruptcy Court for such purpose pursuant to section 502(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code or (C) proposed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors if no proof of Claim has
been Filed by the Bar Date or has otherwise been deemed timely Filed under applicable law or if the
proof of Claim specifies an unliquidated amount (in whole or in part).
91. Federal Judgment Rate means the federal post-judgment interest rate, as established by
28 U.S.C. § 1961(a), of 4.74% on the Petition Date.
92. Fee Claim means a Claim under sections 328, 330(a), 331, 503 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy
Code for compensation of a Professional or other entity for services rendered or expenses incurred
in the Chapter 11 Cases.
93. Fee Order means the Order, Pursuant to Sections 105(a) and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code,
Bankruptcy Rule 2016(a) and Local Bankruptcy Rule 2016-1, Establishing Procedures for Interim
Monthly Compensation for Professionals (Docket No. 732), entered by the Bankruptcy Court on March
29, 2006.
94. File, Filed or Filing means file, filed or filing with the Bankruptcy Court or its
authorized designee in the Chapter 11 Cases.
95. Final DIP Order means the Final Order (I) Authorizing Debtors to (A) Obtain Postpetition
Secured Financing Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sections 105(a), 361, 362, 363, 364(c)(1), 364(c)(2),
364(c)(3), 364(d)(1), 364(e) and 507 and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002, 4001 and 9014 and (B) Utilize Cash
Collateral Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 363, and (II) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition
Secured Parties Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sections 361, 362, 363 and 364 (Docket No. 721), entered by
the Bankruptcy Court on March 29, 2006.
96. Final Distribution Date means the date that is 90 days after all Disputed Claims have
been resolved (or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), which shall be the date a final
distribution is made under this Plan.
97. Final Order means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, or other court of
competent jurisdiction, as entered on the docket in the Chapter 11 Cases or the docket of any other
court of competent jurisdiction, that has not been reversed, stayed, modified or amended, and as to
which the time to appeal or petition for certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument or
rehearing has expired, and as to which no appeal or petition for certiorari or other proceeding for
a new trial, reargument or rehearing that has been timely taken is pending, or as to which any
appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been timely filed has been
withdrawn or resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment was appealed or from
which certiorari was sought or the new trial, reargument or rehearing shall have been denied or
resulted in no modification of such order.
98. General Unsecured Claim means any Claim that is not an Administrative Claim, Secured
Claim, Cure Amount Claim, Priority Claim, Priority Tax Claim, Section 510(b) Old Common Stock
Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, DCC Claim, Prepetition Intercompany Claim and the Union
Claim. For the avoidance of doubt, General Unsecured Claims include but are not limited to (a) all
Liabilities related to real property not owned or leased by the Debtors as of the Petition Date,
(b) Bondholder Claims and (c) the Unions potential $908 million Claim against the Debtors under
Appendix R to the Union Settlement Agreements.
99. Global Settlement means the settlement among the Debtors, the Unions, certain
Bondholders, and involving Centerbridge and CBP, documented in the Union Settlement Agreements, the
Plan Support Agreement, the New Investment Agreement and their respective exhibits and appendices.
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100. Global Settlement Order means the Order Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 1113 and 1114(E) and
Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9019, Approving Settlement Agreements with the United
Steelworkers and United Autoworkers, and Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(A), 363(B), 364(C), 503 and
507, Authorizing the Debtors to Enter Into Plan Support Agreement, Investment Agreement and Related
Agreements, entered August 1, 2007 (Docket No. 5879), and the exhibits thereto.
101. Indenture Trustee means Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture trustee under the
Indentures.
102. Indentures means, collectively: (a) the 6.5% and 7% Bonds Indenture; (b) the 9% Bonds
Indenture; (c) the 10.125% Bonds Indenture; and (d) the 5.85% Bonds Indenture.
103. Independent Director means a director of New Dana Holdco who qualifies as an
independent director of New Dana Holdco under (a) NYSE Rule 303(A)(2) or (b) if New Dana Holdco
is listed or quoted on another securities exchange or quotation system that has an independence
requirement, the comparable rule or regulation of such securities exchange or quotation system on
which the New Dana Holdco Common Stock is listed or quoted (whether by final rule or otherwise).
In addition, in order for a director designated by Centerbridge to be deemed to be an Independent
Director, such director would also have to be considered an independent director of Centerbridge
and the Centerbridge Purchaser Entities under NYSE Rule 303(A)(2), assuming for this purpose that
(a) such director were a director of Centerbridge and the Centerbridge Purchaser Entities (whether
or not such director actually is or has been a director of Centerbridge or the Centerbridge
Purchaser Entities) and (b) Centerbridge and the Centerbridge Purchaser Entities are each deemed to
be a NYSE listed company.
104. Insured Claim means any Claim arising from an incident or occurrence alleged to have
occurred prior to the Effective Date that is covered under an insurance policy applicable to the
Debtors or their businesses.
105. Intercompany Claim means any Claim by any Debtor against another Debtor.
106. Interest means the rights and interests of the holders of the Old Common Stock of any
Debtor, any other instruments evidencing an ownership interest in a Debtor and the rights of any
entity to purchase or demand the issuance of any of the foregoing, including: (a) redemption,
conversion, exchange, voting, participation and dividend rights (including any rights in respect of
accrued and unpaid dividends); (b) liquidation preferences; and (c) stock options and warrants.
107. Liabilities means any and all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands,
debts, rights, Recovery Actions, Derivative Claims, causes of action and liabilities, whether
liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen
or unforeseen, arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act,
event, injury, omission, transaction, agreement, employment, exposure or other occurrence taking
place on or prior to the Effective Date.
108. Minimum Emergence Liquidity means, as of the Effective Date, the sum, after giving
effect to all Cash distributions to be made on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan, of (a) Cash
and Cash equivalents of the Debtors and their subsidiaries and (b) unused commitments under the
Exit Facility.
109. New Dana Holdco means [ ], a Delaware corporation.
110. New Dana Holdco Common Stock means the shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per
share, of New Dana Holdco, authorized pursuant to the certificate of incorporation of New Dana
Holdco, of which up to 100,000,000 shares shall be initially issued pursuant to the Plan as of the
Effective Date.
111. New Equity Investment means the $750,000,000 investment to be made by the New Equity
Investors on the Effective Date in connection with the purchase of New Preferred Stock, pursuant to
and in accordance with the New Investment Agreement and the New Series B Subscription Agreement.
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112. New Equity Investors means, individually and collectively, CBP and those holders of
Allowed Claims that are determined to be Qualified Investors who have agreed to purchase the New
Preferred Stock pursuant to and in accordance with the New Investment Agreement and the New Series
B Subscription Agreement.
113. New Investment Agreement means, collectively, the Investment Agreement by and between
Dana and Centerbridge and CBP, dated July 26, 2007, and the exhibits thereto, approved by the
Global Settlement Order, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or assigned in accordance
with its terms, pursuant to which, among other things, CBP has agreed to purchase the New Series A
Preferred Stock and up to 2,500,000 unsubscribed shares of New Series B Preferred Stock.
114. New Preferred Stock means, collectively, the New Series A Preferred Stock and the New
Series B Preferred Stock.
115. New Series A Preferred Stock means, collectively, the 2,500,0000 shares of 4.0% series
A convertible preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, of New Dana Holdco, authorized pursuant
to the certificate of incorporation (or comparable constituent documents) and certificate of
designations of New Dana Holdco.
116. New Series B Preferred Stock means, collectively, the 5,000,000 shares of 4.0% Series B
convertible preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, of New Dana Holdco, authorized pursuant to
the certificate of incorporation (or comparable constituent documents) and certificate of
designations of New Dana Holdco.
117. New Series B Subscription Agreement means the agreement by and between Dana and each of
the New Equity Investors, other than CBP, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.117, pursuant
to which each of the New Equity Investors, other than CBP, will subscribe to purchase the New
Series B Preferred Stock.
118. Non-Union Emergence Shares means [ ].
119. Non-Union Retiree Settlement Order means the Stipulation and Agreed Order Between Dana
Corporation and the Official Committee of Non-Union Retirees (Docket No. 5356), entered by the
Bankruptcy Court on May 22, 2007.
120. Non-Union Retiree VEBA means the voluntary employees beneficiary association
established pursuant to the Non-Union Retiree Settlement Order.
121. Notice Parties means (a) prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors, the Creditors
Committee, Centerbridge and the Unions; and (b) on or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized
Debtors, the Creditor Oversight Committee, Centerbridge and the Unions.
122. NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
123. NYSE Rule 303(A)(2) means New York Stock Exchange Rule 303A(2), as such rule may be
amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
124. Official Committees means, collectively, the Creditors Committee and the Retiree
Committee.
125. Old Common Stock means, when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the common
stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other capital stock issued by such Debtor and
outstanding immediately prior to the Petition Date, and any options, warrants or other rights with
respect thereto.
126. Ordinary Course Professionals Order means the Order, Pursuant to Sections 105(a), 327,
328 and 330 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 2014(a), Authorizing Debtors and Debtors in
Possession to Retain, Employ and Pay Certain Professionals in the Ordinary Course of Their
Businesses (Docket No. 76), entered by the Bankruptcy Court on March 6, 2006.
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127. Participating Claims means Qualified Bond Claims, Acquired Bond Claims and/or Qualified
Trade Claims.
128. PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a wholly-owned United States
government corporation and an agency of the United States that administers the defined benefit
pension plan termination insurance program under Title IV of ERISA.
129. Pension Plans means, individually and collectively, the pension plans listed on Exhibit
I.A.129 (a) that are tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans covered by ERISA and (b) for
which the Debtors are contributing sponsors. See 29 U.S.C. §§ 1301(a)(13) and (14).
130. Per Share Value means the value per share of New Dana Holdco Common Stock as set forth
in the Disclosure Statement, subject to modification by the Confirmation Order.
131. Periodic Distribution Date means the twentieth day of the month following the end of
each calendar quarter after the Effective Date (or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter);
provided, however, that if the Effective Date is within 45 days of the end of a calendar quarter,
the first Periodic Distribution Date will be the twentieth day of the month following the end of
the first calendar quarter after the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date falls.
132. Person means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
133. Petition Date means March 3, 2006, the date on which the Debtors Filed their petitions
for relief commencing the Chapter 11 Cases.
134. Plan means this joint plan of reorganization for the Debtors, and all exhibits attached
hereto or referenced herein, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented.
135. Plan Support Agreement means, collectively, the Amended Plan Support Agreement among
Dana, Centerbridge, the Unions and certain holders of General Unsecured Claims, dated as of July
26, 2007, and the exhibits thereto, approved by the Global Settlement Order, as it may be further
amended, modified or supplemented.
136. Plan Term Sheet means Exhibit B to the Plan Support Agreement.
137. Port Authority means the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority.
138. Port Authority Lease means the Lease Agreement between the Port Authority and Spicer
Driveshaft, Inc. (n/k/a Debtor Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC), dated October 1, 2002, as
amended in accordance with the Port Authority Settlement Agreement.
139. Port Authority Secured Claim means the Port Authoritys $18.875 million Secured Claim
against Debtor Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC, allowed pursuant to the Port Authority Settlement
Order.
140. Port Authority Settlement Agreement means the Settlement Agreement by and among Dana,
Debtor Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC, the Port Authority, the Director of Development of the
State of Ohio, The Huntington National Bank and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., dated
August 1, 2007, approved by the Bankruptcy Court on August 22, 2007, as it may be amended,
supplemented or modified.
141. Port Authority Settlement Order means the Order, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, for
an Order (I) Approving a Settlement Agreement by and among Certain Debtors, The Toledo-Lucas County
Port Authority and Certain Other Parties, and (II) Allowing Claims of Toledo-Lucas County Port
Authority Against Dana Corporation and Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC (Docket No. 6002), entered
by the Bankruptcy Court on August 22, 2007.
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142. Postpetition Intercompany Claim means any Intercompany Claim that is not a Prepetition
Intercompany Claim.
143. Postpetition Interest means: (a) the Federal Judgment Rate; (b) for a Bondholder
Claim, the contractual rate of interest set forth in the applicable Indenture; (c) the rate of
interest set forth in the contract or other applicable document between the holder of a Claim and
the applicable Debtor giving rise to such holders Claim; or (d) such interest, if any, as
otherwise agreed to by the holder of a Claim and the applicable Debtor.
144. Prepetition Intercompany Claim means an Intercompany Claim that arose prior to the
Petition Date.
145. Priority Claim means a Claim that is entitled to priority in payment pursuant to
section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code that is not an Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim.
146. Priority Tax Claim means a Claim that is entitled to priority in payment pursuant to
section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
147. Pro Rata means, when used with reference to a distribution of property to holders of
Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in a particular Class or other specified group of Claims or
Interests pursuant to Article II, proportionately so that with respect to a particular Allowed
Claim or Allowed Interest in such Class or in such group, the ratio of (a)(i) the amount of
property to be distributed on account of such Claim or Interest to (ii) the amount of such Claim or
Interest, is the same as the ratio of (b)(i) the amount of property to be distributed on account of
all Allowed Claims or Interests in such Class or group of Claims or Interests to (ii) the amount of
all Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests, as the case may be, in such Class or group of Claims or
Interests.
148. Professional means any professional employed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to
sections 327, 328, 363 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code or any professional or other entity seeking
compensation or reimbursement of expenses in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to
section 503(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, Professional shall include
any professional or other entity rendering services to the Unions in connection with the Chapter 11
Cases to the extent that the compensation or reimbursement of expenses sought by such professional
or other entity is governed by the Union Fee Order.
149. QIB means a qualified institutional buyer, as such term is defined in Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
150. Qualified Bond Claims means the net Bondholder Claims (after subtracting short
positions and/or other hedge positions) that are beneficially owned as of the Bondholder Record
Date by a Person who (a) together with its Affiliates, holds Bondholder Claims and/or Trade Claims
in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the Threshold Amount; (b) is a QIB; and (c)
executes and delivers a signature page to the Plan Support Agreement on or before the Bondholder
Record Date.
151. Qualified Investor means a Person, other than the Unions, who (a) together with its
Affiliates, beneficially owns Participating Claims in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than
the Threshold Amount; (b) is a QIB; (c) is qualified to make the representations and warranties in,
and who delivers to Dana within the timeframe specified in Section 1.2 of the New Investment
Agreement, a duly executed copy of, a New Series B Subscription Agreement; and (d) has not at any
time during the period from the Bondholder Record Date through and including the Effective Date,
engaged in any short sales of New Dana Holdco Common Stock or Claims, any transactions involving
options (including exchange-traded options), puts, calls or other derivatives involving securities
of New Dana Holdco or any other transactions of any type that would have the effect of providing
such Person with any other economic gain in the event of a decrease in the current or future market
price of Claims or New Dana Holdco Common Stock (unless the Person has engaged in such activity
pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Plan Support Agreement) or otherwise breached any covenants or
agreements in the New Series B Subscription Agreement.
152. Qualified Investor Record Date means the Bondholder Record Date or the Trade Claims
Record Date, as applicable.
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153. Qualified Trade Claims means Trade Claims that are beneficially owned as of the Trade
Claims Record Date by a Person who (a) together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns Trade
Claims, Qualified Bond Claims and/or Acquired Bond Claims in an aggregate amount equal to or
greater than the Threshold Amount; (b) is a QIB; and (c) executes and delivers a signature page to
the Plan Support Agreement on or before the Trade Claims Record Date.
154. Real Property Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease means, collectively, an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease relating to a Debtors interest in real property and any Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease granting rights or interests related to or appurtenant to the
applicable real property, including all easements; licenses; permits; rights; privileges;
immunities; options; rights of first refusal; powers; uses; usufructs; reciprocal easement or
operating agreements; vault, tunnel or bridge agreements or franchises; development rights; and any
other interests in real estate or rights in rem related to the applicable real property.
155. Recovery Actions means, collectively and individually, preference actions, fraudulent
conveyance actions and other claims or causes of action under sections 510, 544, 547, 548, 549 and
550 of the Bankruptcy Code and other similar state law claims and causes of action.
156. Reinstated or Reinstatement means rendering a Claim or Interest unimpaired within the
meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code. Unless the Plan specifies a particular method of
Reinstatement, when the Plan provides that a Claim or Interest will be Reinstated, such Claim or
Interest will be Reinstated, at Danas sole discretion, in accordance with one of the following:
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if such Claim arises from any failure to
perform a nonmonetary obligation, other than a default arising from
failure to operate a nonresidential real property lease subject to
section 365(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holder of such Claim
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157. Released Parties means, collectively and individually, the Debtors, the Reorganized
Debtors, the Official Committees and their members (solely in their capacity as such), the Unions
and any consultants of the Unions, the DIP Lenders, Centerbridge, CBP and permitted successors and
assigns under the New Investment Agreement, the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and its predecessor
members from and after July 5, 2007 (solely in their capacity as such), Centerbridge Capital
Partners Strategic, L.P., Centerbridge Capital Partners SBS, L.P. and the Representatives of each
of the foregoing.
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158. Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA Contribution means $53.8 million in Cash.
159. Reorganized . . . means, when used in reference to a particular Debtor, such Debtor on
or after the Effective Date.
160. Reorganized Debtors means the Debtors on and after the Effective Date and any entities
created as part of the Restructuring Transactions, including but not limited to New Dana Holdco.
161. Representatives means, with respect to any entity, successor, predecessor, officer,
director, partner, employee, agent, attorney, advisor, investment banker, financial advisor,
accountant or other Professional of such entity, and committee of which such entity is a member, in
each case in such capacity, serving on or after February 28, 2006.
162. Reserved Excess Minimum Cash means the Excess Minimum Cash to be contributed to the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
163. Reserved Shares means the shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be contributed to
the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
164. Restructuring Transactions means, collectively, those mergers, consolidations,
restructurings, dispositions, liquidations or dissolutions that the Debtors determine to be
necessary or appropriate to effect a corporate restructuring of their respective businesses or
otherwise to simplify the overall corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors, as described in
greater detail in Section V.B.1.
165. Retiree Committee means the official committee of non-union retired employees appointed
by the United States Trustee in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy
Code, as such committee may be reconstituted from time to time.
166. Schedules means the schedules of assets and liabilities and the statement of financial
affairs Filed by a Debtor on June 30, 2006, as required by section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code, as
the same may have been or may be amended, modified or supplemented.
167. SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
168. Secondary Liability Claim means a Claim that arises from a Debtor being liable as a
guarantor of, or otherwise being jointly, severally or secondarily liable for, any contractual,
tort, guaranty or other obligation of another Debtor, including any Claim based on: (a) vicarious
liability; (b) liabilities arising out of piercing the corporate veil, alter ego liability or
similar legal theories; (c) guaranties of collection, payments or performance; (d) indemnity bonds,
obligations to indemnify or obligations to hold harmless; (e) performance bonds; (f) contingent
liabilities arising out of contractual obligations or out of undertakings (including any assignment
or transfer) with respect to leases, operating agreements or other similar obligations made or
given by a Debtor or relating to the obligations or performance of another Debtor; (g) several
liability of a member of a consolidated (or equivalent) group of corporations for Taxes of other
members of the group or of the entire group; or (h) any other joint or several liability, including
Claims for indemnification or contribution, that any Debtor may have in respect of any obligation
that is the basis of a Claim.
169. Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claim means any Claim against any of the Debtors: (a)
arising from rescission of a purchase or sale of Old Common Stock; (b) for damages arising from the
purchase or sale of Old Common Stock; or (c) for reimbursement or contribution allowed under
section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code on account of such a Claim.
170. Secured Claim means a Claim that is secured by a lien on property in which an Estate
has an interest or that is subject to setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the
extent of the value of the Claim holders interest in such Estates interest in such property or to
the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined pursuant to sections
506(a) and, if applicable, 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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171. Secured Tax Claim means a Secured Claim arising out of a Debtors liability for any
Tax.
172. Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
173. Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim means a stipulation or other agreement
between a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and a holder of a Claim or Interest, that, prior to the
Effective Date, is approved by the Bankruptcy Court, or an agreed order of the Bankruptcy Court,
establishing the amount and nature of a Claim or Interest, including any agreements made pursuant
to that authority granted in the Order Establishing Claims Objection and Settlement Procedures
(Docket No. 4044), entered on November 9, 2006 or other orders of the Bankruptcy Court. Any such
stipulation or other agreement between a Reorganized Debtor, in consultation with the Creditor
Oversight Committee, and a holder of a Claim or Interest executed after the Effective Date is not
subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided, however, that if the Creditor Oversight
Committee Files an objection to such stipulation or other agreement within ten Business Days of
receiving written notice of such stipulation or other agreement, Bankruptcy Court approval will be
required.
174. Subsidiary Debtor means any Debtor other than Dana.
175. Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests means, as to a particular Subsidiary Debtor, any
Interests in such Debtor.
176. Supporting Creditor means any holder of a General Unsecured Claim that has (a)
submitted an executed signature page to the Plan Support Agreement to the Debtors or (b) executed a
transferee acknowledgment in accordance with the Plan Support Agreement.
177. Tax means: (a) any net income, alternative or add-on minimum, gross income, gross
receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, license, property,
environmental or other tax, assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (together in each instance
with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount) imposed by any federal, state,
local or foreign taxing authority; or (b) any liability for payment of any amounts of the foregoing
types as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or
being a party to any agreement or arrangement whereby liability for payment of any such amounts is
determined by reference to the liability of any other entity.
178. Third Party Disbursing Agent means an entity designated by a Debtor or Reorganized
Debtor, in consultation with the Creditors Committee or Creditor Oversight Committee (as
applicable), to act as a Disbursing Agent pursuant to Article VI.B.
179. Threshold Amount means $25 million.
180. Tort Claim means any Claim, other than an Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, that has not
been settled, compromised or otherwise resolved that: (a) arises out of allegations of personal
injury, wrongful death, property damage, products liability or similar legal theories of recovery;
or (b) arises under any federal, state or local statute, rule, regulation or ordinance governing,
regulating or relating to health, safety, hazardous substances or the environment.
181. Trade Claims means all Allowed Claims in Class 5F.
182. Trade Claims Record Date means the Confirmation Date.
183. UAW means the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural
Implement Workers of America and its applicable affiliated entities, including local unions.
184. UAW Settlement Agreement means, collectively, the Settlement Agreement between Dana
Corporation and the International Union, UAW, dated July 5, 2007, and the exhibits thereto,
approved by the Global Settlement Order, as it may be amended, supplemented or modified.
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185. UAW Union Retiree VEBA means the VEBA established pursuant to the UAW Settlement
Agreement.
186. UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution means the $465.3 million Cash contribution to be
made by the Reorganized Debtors to the UAW Union Retiree VEBA pursuant to the UAW Settlement
Agreement.
187. Uninsured Claim means any Claim that is not an Insured Claim.
188. Union Claim means the Claim of the Unions arising out of the Union Settlement
Agreements, asserted by the Unions in the aggregate amount of $1.1 billion.
189. Union Emergence Shares means the shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock reserved by New
Dana Holdco for issuance as emergence bonuses to employees of the Unions in accordance with
Appendix J to the Union Settlement Agreements pursuant to Section III.E.
190. Union Fee Order means the Order, Pursuant to Sections 105(a), 363 and 503(c)(3) of the
Bankruptcy Code, Approving Amended Agreement for the Payment of Certain Reasonable Fees and
Expenses of Advisors to the Debtors Unions (Docket No. 5819), entered by the Bankruptcy Court on
July 26, 2007.
191. Union Retiree Benefit Termination Date means the later of January 1, 2008 or the
Effective Date.
192. Union Settlement Agreements means, collectively, the UAW Settlement Agreement and the
USW Settlement Agreement.
193. Unions means, collectively, the UAW and USW.
194. United States Trustee means the Office of the United States Trustee for the Southern
District of New York.
195. USW means the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers International Union and its applicable affiliated entities,
including local unions.
196. USW Settlement Agreement means the Settlement Agreement between Dana Corporation and
the United Steelworkers, dated July 5, 2007, and the exhibits thereto, approved by the Global
Settlement Order, as it may be amended, supplemented or modified.
197. USW Union Retiree VEBA means the VEBA established pursuant to the USW Settlement
Agreement.
198. USW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution means the $298.7 million Cash contribution to be
made by the Reorganized Debtors to the USW Union Retiree VEBA pursuant to the USW Settlement
Agreement.
199. VEBA means a voluntary employees beneficiary association.
200. Voting Deadline means the deadline for submitting Ballots to either accept or reject
the Plan in accordance with section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code that is specified in the Disclosure
Statement, the Ballots or related solicitation documents approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
201. Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned Non-Debtor Affiliates Other than DCC means all
wholly-owned and majority-owned non-debtor direct or indirect subsidiaries of Dana other than DCC.
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B. Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time
1. Rules of Interpretation
For purposes of the Plan, unless otherwise provided herein: (a) whenever from the context it
is appropriate, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, will include both the
singular and the plural; (b) unless otherwise provided in the Plan, any reference in the Plan to a
contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on
particular terms and conditions means that such document will be substantially in such form or
substantially on such terms and conditions; (c) any reference in the Plan to an existing document
or Exhibit Filed or to be Filed means such document or Exhibit, as it may have been or may be
amended, modified or supplemented pursuant to the Plan, Confirmation Order or otherwise; (d) any
reference to an entity as a holder of a Claim or Interest includes that entitys successors,
assigns and affiliates; (e) all references in the Plan to Sections, Articles and Exhibits are
references to Sections, Articles and Exhibits of or to the Plan; (f) the words herein,
hereunder and hereto refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of
the Plan; (g) captions and headings to Articles and Sections are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of the Plan;
(h) subject to the provisions of any contract, articles or certificates of incorporation, bylaws,
codes of regulation, similar constituent documents, instrument, release or other agreement or
document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the rights and obligations arising
under the Plan will be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, federal law,
including the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules; and (i) the rules of construction set forth
in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code will apply to the extent not inconsistent with any other
provision of this Section I.B.1.
2. Computation of Time
In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the Plan, the provisions of
Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) will apply.
ARTICLE II.
CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS;
CRAMDOWN; EXECUTORY CONTRACTS & UNEXPIRED LEASES
All Claims and Interests, except Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims, are placed in
the following Classes. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code,
Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims, as described in Section II.A, have not been
classified and thus are excluded from the following Classes. A Claim or Interest is classified in
a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description
of that Class and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any remainder of the Claim or
Interest qualifies within the description of such other Classes.
A. Unclassified Claims
1. Payment of Administrative Claims
a. Administrative Claims in General
Except as specified in this Section II.A.1, and subject to the bar date provisions herein,
unless otherwise agreed by the holder of an Administrative Claim and the applicable Debtor or
Reorganized Debtor, or unless an order of the Bankruptcy Court provides otherwise, each holder of
an Allowed Administrative Claim will receive, in full satisfaction of its Administrative Claim,
Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Administrative Claim either (i) on the Effective Date or
(ii) if the Administrative Claim is not allowed as of the Effective Date, 30 days after the date on
which an order allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order or a Stipulation of Amount
and Nature of Claim is executed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor and the holder of the
Administrative Claim.
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b. Statutory Fees
On or before the Effective Date, Administrative Claims for fees payable pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 1930 will be paid in Cash equal to the amount of such Administrative Claims. All fees payable
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 after the Effective Date will be paid by the applicable Reorganized
Debtor in accordance therewith until the closing of the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 350(a)
of the Bankruptcy Code.
c. Ordinary Course Liabilities
Allowed Administrative Claims based on liabilities incurred by a Debtor in the ordinary course
of its business, including Administrative Claims arising from or with respect to the sale of goods
or provision of services on or after the Petition Date in the ordinary course of the applicable
Debtors business, Administrative Claims of governmental units for Taxes (including Tax audit
Claims related to Tax years or portions thereof ending after the Petition Date), Administrative
Claims arising from those contracts and leases of the kind described in Section II.E.4 and
Intercompany Claims that are Administrative Claims, will be paid by the applicable Reorganized
Debtor, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the particular transaction giving rise to those
Administrative Claims, without further action by the holders of such Administrative Claims or
further approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
d. Claims Under the DIP Credit Agreement
Unless otherwise agreed by the DIP Lenders pursuant to the DIP Credit Agreement, on or before
the Effective Date, DIP Lender Claims that are Allowed Administrative Claims will be paid in Cash
equal to the amount of those Allowed Administrative Claims.
e. Administrative Claims of Centerbridge
Unless otherwise agreed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and Centerbridge, any
Administrative Claims of Centerbridge and the CBP Purchaser Entities arising under Article 7 of the
New Investment Agreement (as approved by the Global Settlement Order) will be paid by the
Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary course of their businesses without further action by
Centerbridge or further approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
f. Contribution to Non-Union Retiree VEBA
On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will make the Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA
Contribution.
g. Special Provisions Regarding the Claims of the Indenture
Trustee
In full satisfaction of the Indenture Trustees Claims for reasonable fees and expenses
payable pursuant to the terms of the Indentures, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section II.A.1.g, the Indenture Trustee will receive from the Reorganized Debtors Cash equal to the
amount of such Claims; provided that such Cash Payment shall not exceed $[ ]. Any charging lien
held by the Indenture Trustee against distributions to Bondholders on account of Bondholder Claims
will be deemed released upon payment of such Claims. To receive payment pursuant to this Section
II.A.1.g, the Indenture Trustee shall provide reasonable detail in support of its Claims to the
parties identified in Section X.F no later than ten days after the Effective Date. Such parties
shall have the right to File objections to such Claims based on a reasonableness standard within
20 days after receipt of supporting documentation. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay any such
Claims by the later of (i) 30 days after the receipt of supporting documentation from the Indenture
Trustee, or (ii) ten Business Days after the resolution of any objections to the Claims of the
Indenture Trustee. Distributions received by Bondholders on account of Allowed Bondholder Claims
pursuant to the Plan will not be reduced on account of the payment of the Indenture Trustees
Claims.
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h. Bar Dates for Administrative Claims
i. General Bar Date Provisions
Except as otherwise provided in Section II.A.1.h.ii or in a Bar Date Order or other order
of the Bankruptcy Court, unless previously Filed, requests for payment of Administrative Claims
must be Filed and served on the Notice Parties pursuant to the procedures specified in the
Confirmation Order and the notice of entry of the Confirmation Order, no later than 30 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 will be forever barred from asserting such Administrative Claims against the
Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, and such Administrative Claims will
be deemed discharged as of the Effective Date. Objections to such requests must be Filed and
served on the Notice Parties and the requesting party by the later of (A) 150 days after the
Effective Date, (B) 60 days after the Filing of the applicable request for payment of
Administrative Claims or (C) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by a
Final Order for objecting to such Administrative Claims.
ii. Bar Dates for Certain Administrative Claims
A. Professional Compensation
Professionals or other entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the
Effective Date must File and serve on the Notice Parties and such other entities who are designated
by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Fee Order, the Confirmation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy
Court an application for final allowance of such Fee Claim no later than 60 days after the
Effective Date; 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 pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order without further Bankruptcy Court review or
approval (except as provided in the Ordinary Course Professionals Order). Objections to any Fee
Claim must be Filed and served on the Notice Parties and the requesting party by the later of (1)
90 days after the Effective Date, (2) 30 days after the Filing of the applicable request for
payment of the Fee Claim or (3) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by a
Final Order for objecting to such Fee Claims. To the extent necessary, the Confirmation Order will
amend and supersede any previously entered order of the Bankruptcy Court regarding the payment of
Fee Claims; provided, however, that Fee Claims Filed by Union Professionals will continue to be
governed by, and paid in accordance with, the Union Fee Order.
B. Ordinary Course Liabilities
Holders of Administrative Claims arising from liabilities incurred by a Debtor in the ordinary
course of its business on or after the Petition Date, including Administrative Claims arising from
or with respect to the sale of goods or provision of services on or after the Petition Date in the
ordinary course of the applicable Debtors business, Administrative Claims of governmental units
for Taxes (including Tax audit Claims related to Tax years or portions thereof ending after the
Petition Date), Administrative Claims arising from those contracts and leases of the kind described
in Section II.E.4 and Intercompany Claims that are Administrative Claims, will not be required to
File or serve any request for payment of such Administrative Claims. Such Administrative Claims
will be satisfied pursuant to Section II.A.1.c. Any Administrative Claims that are filed contrary
to this Section II.A.1.h.ii.B shall be deemed disallowed and expunged, subject to resolution and
satisfaction in the ordinary course outside these Chapter 11 Cases.
C. Claims Under the DIP Credit
Agreement and Related Orders
Holders of Administrative Claims on account of DIP Lender Claims will not be required to File
or serve any request for payment or application for allowance of such Claims. Such Administrative
Claims will be satisfied pursuant to Section II.A.1.d.
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D. Administrative Claims of
Centerbridge
Centerbridge and the CBP Purchaser Entities will not be required to File or serve any request
for payment or application for allowance of its Administrative Claims, if any, arising under
Article 7 of the New Investment Agreement (as approved by the Global Settlement Order). Such
Administrative Claims will be satisfied pursuant to Section II.A.1.e.
iii. No Modification of Bar Date Order
The Plan does not modify any Bar Date Order already in place, including Bar Dates for Claims
entitled to administrative priority under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.
2. Payment of Priority Tax Claims
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 will receive, in full satisfaction of its Priority Tax Claim, Cash equal
to the amount of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim either (i) on the Effective Date or (ii) if the
Priority Tax Claim is not allowed as of the Effective Date, 30 days after the date on which an
order allowing such Priority Tax Claim becomes a Final Order or a Stipulation of Amount and Nature
of Claim is executed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor and the holder of the Priority Tax Claim.
b. Other Provisions Concerning Treatment of Priority Tax Claims
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section II.A.2.a or Section I.A.177, the holder of an
Allowed Priority Tax Claim will not be entitled to receive any payment on account of any penalty
arising with respect to or in connection with the Allowed Priority Tax Claim. Any such Claim or
demand for any such penalty will be subject to treatment in Classes 5A or 5F, as applicable, if not
subordinated to Class 5A or 5F Claims pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of
an Allowed Priority Tax Claim will not assess or attempt to collect such penalty from the Debtors,
Reorganized Debtors or their respective property (other than as a holder of a Class 5A or 5F
Claim).
B. Classified Claims and Interests
1. Priority Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (Class 1A Claims) are unimpaired. On the
Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 1A will receive Cash equal to the amount
of such Allowed Claim, unless the holder of such Priority Claim and the applicable Debtor or
Reorganized Debtor agree to a different treatment.
2. Priority Claims Against EFMG (Class 1B Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 1B will receive Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Claim,
unless the holder of such Priority Claim and EFMG or Reorganized EFMG agree to a different
treatment.
3. Secured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors Other Than the Port Authority Secured Claim
(Class 2A Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by a Claim holder
and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2A will
receive treatment on account of such Allowed Secured Claim in the manner set forth in Option A, B
or C below, at the election of the applicable Debtor. The applicable Debtor will be deemed to have
elected Option B except with respect to (a) any Allowed Secured Claim as to which the applicable
Debtor elects either Option A or Option C in one or more certifications Filed prior to the
conclusion of the Confirmation Hearing and (b) any Allowed Secured Tax Claim, with respect to which
the applicable Debtor will be deemed to have elected Option A.
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Option A: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2A with respect to which the
applicable Debtor elects Option A will receive Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed
Claim.
Option B: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2A with respect to which the
applicable Debtor elects or is deemed to have elected Option B will be Reinstated.
Option C: On the Effective Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2A with respect to
which the applicable Debtor elects Option C will be entitled to receive (and the applicable
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor shall release and transfer to such holder) the collateral
securing such Allowed Claim.
Notwithstanding either the foregoing or Section I.A.177, the holder of an Allowed Secured Tax
Claim in Class 2A will not be entitled to receive any payment on account of any penalty arising
with respect to or in connection with such Allowed Secured Tax Claim. Any such Claim or demand for
any such penalty will be subject to treatment in Class 5F, if not subordinated to Class 5F Claims
pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of an Allowed Secured Tax Claim will not
assess or attempt to collect such penalty from the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or their respective
property (other than as a holder of a Class 5F Claim).
4. Secured Claims Against EFMG (Class 2B Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date,
unless otherwise agreed by a Claim holder and EFMG or Reorganized EFMG, each holder of an Allowed
Claim in Class 2B will receive treatment on account of such Allowed Secured Claim in the manner set
forth in Option A, B or C below, at the election of EFMG. EFMG will be deemed to have elected
Option B except with respect to (a) any Allowed Secured Claim as to which EFMG elects either Option
A or Option C in one or more certifications Filed prior to the conclusion of the Confirmation
Hearing and (b) any Allowed Secured Tax Claim, with respect to which EFMG will be deemed to have
elected Option A.
Option A: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2B with respect to which EFMG
elects Option A will receive Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Claim.
Option B: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2B with respect to which EFMG
elects or is deemed to have elected Option B will be Reinstated.
Option C: On the Effective Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2B with respect to
which EFMG elects Option C will be entitled to receive (and EFMG or Reorganized EFMG shall
release and transfer to such holder) the collateral securing such Allowed Claim.
Notwithstanding either the foregoing or Section I.A.177, the holder of an Allowed Secured Tax
Claim in Class 2B will not be entitled to receive any payment on account of any penalty arising
with respect to or in connection with such Allowed Secured Tax Claim. Any such Claim or demand for
any such penalty will be subject to treatment in Class 5A, if not subordinated to Class 5A Claims
pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of an Allowed Secured Tax Claim will not
assess or attempt to collect such penalty from the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or their respective
property (other than as a holder of a Class 5A Claim).
5. Port Authority Secured Claim (Class 2C Claim) is impaired. In accordance with and subject
to the terms of the Port Authority Settlement Agreement, on or as soon as practicable after the
Effective Date, the Port Authority Secured Claim will be satisfied by: (a) Reorganized
Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC entering into and assuming as amended the Port Authority Lease in
the form attached to the Port Authority Settlement Agreement as Exhibit 1; (b) New Dana Holdco
executing and delivering an amended guaranty in the form attached to the Port Authority Settlement
Agreement as Exhibit 2; and (c) Reorganized Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC and New Dana Holdco
executing and delivering any other agreements necessary to implement the Port Authority Settlement
Agreement.
6. Asbestos Personal Injury Claims (Class 3 Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date,
the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will be Reinstated.
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7. Convenience Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (Class 4 Claims) are unimpaired. On
the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Convenience Claim will receive Cash equal to the
amount of such Allowed Claims (as reduced, if applicable, pursuant to an election by the holder
thereof in accordance with Section I.A.54).
8. General Unsecured Claims Against EFMG (Class 5A Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective
Date, each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim against EFMG will receive Cash equal to the
amount of such Allowed Claim.
9. 5.85% Bond Claims (Class 5B Claims) are impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro
Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable
Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash
as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b.
10. 6.5% and 7% Bond Claims (Class 5C Claims) are impaired. In full satisfaction of its
Allowed Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5C will receive (a) on the Effective Date,
its Pro Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the
Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess Minimum Cash;
and/or (b) after the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved
Excess Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b.
11. 9% Bond Claims (Class 5D Claims) are impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed Claim,
each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5D will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the
Effective Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b.
12. 10.125% Bond Claims (Class 5E Claims) are impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5E will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro
Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable
Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash
as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b.
13. Other General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (Class 5F Claims) are
impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5F
will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each
holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the Effective Date, such periodic distributions
of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b.
14. Union Claim (Class 5G Claim) is impaired. On the Effective Date, in full satisfaction of
the Union Claim, the Debtors will make the UAW Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Retiree VEBA
Contribution.
15. Prepetition Intercompany Claims (Class 6A Claims) are impaired. On the Effective Date,
Prepetition Intercompany Claims in Class 6A that are not eliminated by operation of law in the
Restructuring Transactions will be deemed settled and compromised in exchange for the consideration
and other benefits provided to the holders of Prepetition Intercompany Claims and not entitled to
any distribution of Plan consideration under the Plan. Each holder of a Class 6A Claim will be
deemed to have accepted the Plan.
16. Claims of Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned Non-Debtor Affiliates Other than DCC (Class 6B
Claims) are unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Claims of Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned
Non-Debtor Affiliates Other than DCC against the Debtors will be Reinstated.
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17. DCC Claim (Class 6C Claim) is impaired. On the Effective Date, in full satisfaction of
the DCC Claim, the Reorganized Debtors will satisfy in Cash DCCs outstanding liability under the
DCC Bonds.
18. Old Common Stock of Dana (Class 7A Interests) are impaired. On the Effective Date, the
Old Common Stock of Dana and all Interests related thereto will be canceled, and each holder of an
Allowed Interest in Class 7A will receive, in full satisfaction of such Allowed Interest, a
contingent, residual interest in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets that will entitle
each holder of an Allowed Interest in Class 7A to receive, to the extent holders of Allowed Claims
in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F have been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the number of shares of Old Common Stock of Dana (a) owned by the holder on the
Distribution Record Date and (b) to which the holder would have been entitled upon the conversion
of any related Interests owned on the Distribution Record Date and taking into account Allowed
Claims in Class 7B, of any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets.
19. Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (Class 7B Claims)
are impaired. Holders of Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims in Class 7B will receive, in full
satisfaction of such Allowed Claim, a contingent, residual interest in the Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve Assets that will entitle each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 7B to receive, to
the extent holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F have been paid in full plus
Postpetition Interest, its Pro Rata share (taking into account Allowed Interests in Class 7A) of
any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets.
20. Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests (Class 8 Interests) are unimpaired. On the Effective
Date, the Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests will be Reinstated, subject to the Restructuring
Transactions.
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Special Provisions Regarding the Treatment of Allowed Secondary Liability Claims; Maximum
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The classification and treatment of Allowed Claims under the Plan take into consideration all
Allowed Secondary Liability Claims. On the Effective Date, Allowed Secondary Liability Claims will
be treated as follows:
1. The Allowed Secondary Liability Claims arising from or related to any Debtors joint or
several liability for the obligations under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is being
assumed or deemed assumed by another Debtor or under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that
is being assumed by and assigned to another Debtor will be Reinstated.
2. Except as provided in Section II.C.1, holders of Allowed Secondary Liability Claims
against any Consolidated Debtor will be entitled to only one Distribution in respect of such
Allowed Secondary Liability Claim and will be deemed satisfied in full by the Distributions on
account of the related underlying Allowed Claim. No multiple recovery on account of any Allowed
Claim against any Consolidated Debtor will be provided or permitted.
3. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, holders of Allowed Secondary
Liability Claims against a Consolidated Debtor and EFMG may not receive in the aggregate from all
Debtors more than 100% of the value of the underlying Claim giving rise to such multiple Claims.
D. Confirmation Without Acceptance by All Impaired Classes
The Debtors request Confirmation under section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to
any impaired Class that has not accepted or is deemed not to have accepted the Plan pursuant to
section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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E. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
1. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed
a. Assumption and Assignment Generally
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, in any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan or in a Final Order of the
Bankruptcy Court, or as requested in any motion Filed on or prior to the Effective Date, on the
Effective Date, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, the applicable Debtor or Debtors
will assume or assume and assign, as indicated, each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed
on Exhibit II.E.1.a; provided, however, that the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors reserve the
right, at any time on or prior to the Effective Date, to amend Exhibit II.E.1.a to: (i) delete
any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed therein, thus providing for its rejection pursuant
to Section II.E.5; or (ii) add any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease thereto, thus providing
for its assumption or assumption and assignment pursuant to this Section II.E.1.a. The Debtors
or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will provide notice of any amendments to Exhibit II.E.1.a
to the parties to the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases affected thereby and to the parties
on the then-applicable service list in the Chapter 11 Cases. Each contract and lease listed on
Exhibit II.E.1.a will be assumed only to the extent that any such contract or lease constitutes
an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Listing a contract or lease on Exhibit II.E.1.a will
not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such contract or lease
(including any related agreements as described in Section II.E.1.b) is an Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder.
b. Assumptions and Assignments of Ancillary Agreements
Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed on Exhibit II.E.1.a will include any
modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements or other agreements made directly or
indirectly by any agreement, instrument or other document that in any manner affects such contract
or lease, irrespective of whether such agreement, instrument or other document is listed on Exhibit
II.E.1.a, unless any such modification, amendment, supplement, restatement or other agreement is
rejected pursuant to Section II.E.5 or designated for rejection in accordance with Section II.E.2.
c. Joint Venture Agreements
The joint venture agreements listed on Exhibit II.E.1.c shall be deemed assumed and assigned
to New Dana Holdco in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of
the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date.
d. Customer Agreements
To the extent (i) the Debtors are party to any contract, purchase order or similar agreement
providing for the sale of the Debtors products or services, (ii) any such agreement constitutes an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and (iii) such agreement (A) has not been rejected pursuant
to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (B) is not subject to a pending motion for
reconsideration or appeal of an order authorizing the rejection of such Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease, (C) is not subject to a motion to reject such Executory Contract or Unexpired
Lease Filed on or prior to the Effective Date, (D) is not listed on Exhibit II.E.5 or (E) has not
been designated for rejection in accordance with Section II.E.2, such agreement (including any
related agreements as described in Section II.E.1.b), purchase order or similar agreement will be
deemed assumed and assigned to New Dana Holdco in accordance with the provisions and requirements
of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date. Listing a contract,
purchase order or similar agreement providing for the sale of the Debtors products or services on
Exhibit II.E.5 will not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such
agreement (including related agreements as described in Section II.E.1.b) is an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder.
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2. Approval of Assumptions and Assignments; Assignments Related to Restructuring Transactions
The Confirmation Order will constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the
assumption (including any related assignment resulting from the Restructuring Transactions or
otherwise) of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases pursuant to Section II.E as of the Effective
Date, except for Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that (a) have been rejected pursuant to a
Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (b) are subject to a pending motion for reconsideration or
appeal of an order authorizing the rejection of such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, (c) are
subject to a motion to reject such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease Filed on or prior to the
Effective Date, (d) are rejected pursuant to Section II.E.5 or (e) are designated for rejection in
accordance with the last sentence of this paragraph. An order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on
or prior to the Confirmation Date will specify the procedures for providing notice to each party
whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is being assumed pursuant to the Plan of: (a) the
contract or lease being assumed; (b) the Cure Amount Claim, if any, that the applicable Debtor
believes it would be obligated to pay in connection with such assumption; (c) any assignment of an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions or otherwise);
and (d) the procedures for such party to object to the assumption of the applicable Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease, the amount of the proposed Cure Amount Claim or any assignment of an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. As of the effective time of an applicable Restructuring
Transaction, any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be held by any Debtor or Reorganized
Debtor and assumed hereunder or otherwise in the Chapter 11 Cases will be deemed assigned to the
surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation in the applicable Restructuring Transaction, pursuant
to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. If an objection to a proposed assumption, assumption and
assignment or Cure Amount Claim is not resolved in favor of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors,
the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease may be designated by the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors for rejection, which shall be deemed effective as of the Effective Date.
3. Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases
To the extent that such Claims constitute monetary defaults, the Cure Amount Claims associated
with each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan will be
satisfied, pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, at the option of the applicable
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor: (a) by payment of the Cure Amount Claim in Cash on the Effective
Date or (b) on such other terms as are agreed to by the parties to such Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease. If there is a dispute regarding: (a) the amount of any Cure Amount Claim, (b)
the ability of the applicable Reorganized Debtor or any assignee to provide adequate assurance of
future performance (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the contract
or lease to be assumed or (c) any other matter pertaining to the assumption of such contract or
lease, the payment of any Cure Amount Claim required by section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code
will be made within 30 days following the entry of a Final Order or the execution of a Stipulation
of Amount and Nature of Claim resolving the dispute and approving the assumption.
4. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date
Contracts, leases and other agreements entered into after the Petition Date by a Debtor,
including, without limitation, the Union Settlement Agreements and any Executory Contracts or
Unexpired Leases assumed by a Debtor, will be performed by such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor in the
ordinary course of its business, as applicable. Accordingly, such contracts and leases (including
any assumed Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases) will survive and remain unaffected by entry of
the Confirmation Order.
5. Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
On the Effective Date, except for an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that was previously
assumed, assumed and assigned or rejected by an order of the Bankruptcy Court or that is assumed
pursuant to Section II.E (including any related agreements assumed pursuant to Section
II.E.1.b), each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease entered into by a Debtor prior to the
Petition Date that has not previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms will be
rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Executory Contracts or Unexpired
Leases to be rejected will include the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases listed on Exhibit
II.E.5. Each contract and lease listed on Exhibit II.E.5 will be rejected only to the extent
that any such
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contract or lease constitutes an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Listing a contract or
lease on Exhibit II.E.5 will not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that
such contract or lease (including related agreements as described in Section II.E.1.b) is an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability
thereunder. Any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease not listed on Exhibit II.E.1.a and not
previously assumed, assumed and assigned or rejected by an order of the Bankruptcy Court will be
deemed rejected irrespective of whether such contract is listed on Exhibit II.E.5. The
Confirmation Order will constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving such rejections,
pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the later of: (a) the Effective Date; or (b)
the resolution of any objection to the proposed rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired
Lease. Any Claims arising from the rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be
treated as a Class 5A Claim or Class 5F Claim, as applicable (General Unsecured Claims), subject to
the provisions of section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code.
6. Bar Date for Rejection Damages
Except as otherwise provided in a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the rejection
of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, Claims arising out of the rejection of an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before the later of: (a)
30 days after the Effective Date or (b) 20 days after such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is
rejected pursuant to a Final Order or designated for rejection in accordance with Section II.E.2.
Any Claims not Filed within such applicable time periods will be forever barred from receiving a
distribution from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or the Estates.
7. Special Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Issues
a. Obligations to Indemnify Directors, Officers and Employees
i. Prior to the Effective Date, Dana shall make arrangements to continue liability and
fiduciary (including ERISA) insurance for the benefit of its directors, officers and employees for
the period from and after the Effective Date, and, prior to the Effective Date, shall fully pay the
annual premium for such insurance. With respect to its pre-Effective Date officers and directors
liability insurance, Dana shall obtain and pay for a run-off policy continuing existing policy
limits on substantially the same terms and conditions as existing officers and directors liability
policies, for a term of six years, and providing coverage to all parties covered by policies in
effect during the pendency of the cases.
ii. The obligations of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to indemnify any person who was
serving as one of its directors, officers or employees on or after February 28, 2006 by reason of
such persons prior or future service in such a capacity or as a director, officer or employee of
another corporation, partnership or other legal entity, to the extent provided in the applicable
certificates of incorporation, bylaws or similar constituent documents, by statutory law or by
written agreement, policies or procedures of or with such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, will be
deemed and treated as executory contracts that are assumed by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized
Debtor pursuant to the Plan and section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date.
Accordingly, such indemnification obligations will survive and be unaffected by entry of the
Confirmation Order, irrespective of whether such indemnification is owed for an act or event
occurring before or after the Petition Date.
iii. The obligations of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to indemnify any person who was
serving as one of its directors, officers or employees prior to February 28, 2006 by reason of such
persons prior service in such a capacity or as a director, officer or employee of another
corporation, partnership or other legal entity, to the extent provided in the applicable
certificates of incorporation, bylaws or similar constituent documents, by statutory law or by
written agreement, policies or procedures of or with such Debtor, will terminate and be discharged
pursuant to section 502(e) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise as of the Effective Date; provided,
however, that to the extent that such indemnification obligations no longer give rise to contingent
Claims that can be disallowed pursuant to section 502(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, such
indemnification obligations will be deemed and treated as Executory Contracts that are rejected by
the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan and section 365 of the Bankruptcy
Code as of the Effective Date, and any Claims arising from such indemnification obligations
(including any rejection damage claims) will be subject to the Bar Date provisions of Section
II.F.6.
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8. No Change in Control
The consummation of the Plan, the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions or the
assumption or assumption and assignment of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to another
Reorganized Debtor is not intended to, and shall not, constitute a change in ownership or change in
control under any financial instrument, loan or financing agreement, Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease or contract, lease or agreement in existence on the Effective Date to which a
Debtor is a party.
ARTICLE III.
THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT
The provisions of the Plan are intended to continue the implementation of the Global
Settlement and the transactions contemplated thereby, as approved by the Global Settlement Order.
Transactions to be implemented pursuant to the Global Settlement include, but are not limited to,
the following:
A. Assumption and Assignment of Collective Bargaining Agreements
On the Effective Date, Reorganized Dana will assume and assign to the applicable Reorganized
Debtor, in consultation with the applicable Unions, (1) the collective bargaining agreements listed
on Exhibit III.A, which include the Union Settlement Agreements and the new collective bargaining
agreements to be entered into by the Debtors and the UAW or USW at the following bargaining units:
(a) Fort Wayne, IN Local Union 903; (b) Henderson, KY Local Union 9443-02; (c) Marion, IN
Local Union 113; (d) Auburn Hills, MI UAW Local 771; (e) Rochester Hills, MI UAW Local 771; (f)
Longview, TX UAW Local [ ]; (g) Lima, OH UAW Local 1765; (h) Elizabethtown, KY
UAW Local 3047; and (i) Pottstown, PA UAW Local 644, (2) any new collective bargaining agreements
entered into between Dana and the UAW or USW, (3) the respective Neutrality Agreements (as defined
in the Union Settlement Agreements) and (4) any and all other related agreements necessary to
effect the Union Settlement Agreements. Upon assumption, all proofs of claim filed by the Unions
or any individual relating to such collective bargaining agreements will be deemed withdrawn.
Ordinary course obligations arising under the assumed agreements shall be unaltered by the Plan and
shall be satisfied in the ordinary course of business.
B. Cessation of Union Retiree and Long Term Disability Benefits
On the Union Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the Reorganized Debtors, in accordance with the
Union Settlement Agreements, will cease providing and paying (1) all retiree benefits (as defined
in section 1114(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) to all UAW and USW-represented retirees and (2) all long
term disability income and medical benefits to individuals who are Union Disableds (as defined in
the Union Settlement Agreements).
C. Contributions to UAW Union Retiree VEBA and USW Union Retiree VEBA
On or after the Effective Date, in accordance with the terms of the Union Settlement
Agreements, the Reorganized Debtors will make (1) the UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution and (2)
the USW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution; provided, however, that, to the extent the Debtors pursue
a transaction other than the New Equity Investment with Centerbridge, including a majority
investment transaction, a sale of substantially all of the Debtors assets and any similar
transaction, the Unions may elect to receive, in accordance with the terms of the Union Settlement
Agreements and in lieu of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Union Retiree VEBA
Contribution, either an Allowed Administrative Claim in the amount of $764 million or an Allowed
General Unsecured Claim in Class 5F in the amount of $908 million.
D. Assumption and Assignment of Pension Benefits
On the Effective Date, Reorganized Dana shall assume and assign the Pension Plans to New Dana
Holdco, which will become the sponsor and continue to administer the Pension Plans, satisfy the
minimum funding standards pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 412 and 29 U.S.C. § 1082 and administer the
Pension Plans in accordance with their terms and the provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue
Code. Furthermore, nothing in the Plan shall be
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construed as discharging, releasing or relieving the Debtors or the Debtors successors from
any liability imposed under any law or regulatory provision with respect to the Pension Plans.
Neither the PBGC, the Pension Plans nor any participant or beneficiary of the Pension Plans shall
be enjoined or precluded from enforcing such liability with respect to the Pension Plans.
E. Emergence Bonus for Union Employees
In accordance with the terms of the Union Settlement Agreements, New Dana Holdco will reserve
New Dana Holdco Common Stock having a maximum aggregate Per Share Value of $22.53 million to be
distributed to certain current and former union employees as a post-emergence bonus in accordance
with Appendix J to the Union Settlement Agreements.
F. The New Equity Investment
On the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco, will (1) issue the New Preferred Stock and (2) receive
the New Equity Investment in accordance with the terms and conditions of the New Investment
Agreement and the New Series B Subscription Agreement. New Dana Holdco is authorized to execute
and deliver those documents necessary or appropriate to facilitate the offer and issuance of the
New Preferred Stock and to take any necessary or appropriate actions in connection therewith.
G. New Employment Agreements
Prior to the Effective Date, the individuals who will serve as directors of New Dana Holdco,
shall appoint a three-person committee of such directors to negotiate, in consultation with
Centerbridge, post-Effective Date employment agreements with New Dana Holdcos anticipated senior
management team. Such employment agreements shall (1) be at market terms, (2) be reasonably
acceptable in form and substance to Centerbridge, in consultation with the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee as set forth in the Plan Term Sheet, and (3) be approved by New Dana Holdcos board of
directors on the Effective Date.
H. Limitations on Sales of Core Businesses Prior to Effective Date
Except for the sale of certain businesses specified by the Debtors and disclosed in confidence
to the Unions, the Creditors Committee and Centerbridge on or before July 1, 2007, and in addition
to any requirements or consents required by the DIP Lenders under the DIP Facility, the Debtors
will not sell any business line within their Automotive Systems Group or Commercial Vehicles Group
prior to the Effective Date without (1) the agreement of the International President of the
affected Union(s) (or any designee(s) of such officer(s)) and (2) the consent of Centerbridge.
ARTICLE IV.
CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN
A. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation
The following conditions are conditions to the entry of the Confirmation Order unless such
conditions, or any of them, have been satisfied or duly waived pursuant to Section IV.C:
1. The Confirmation Order will be reasonably acceptable in form and substance to (a) the
Debtors, (b) the Creditors Committee, (c) Centerbridge and (d) either (i) the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee or (ii) Supporting Creditors holding at least $650 million in aggregate amount of
Participating Claims.
2. The Plan shall not have been materially amended, altered or modified from the Plan as Filed
on [ ], unless such material amendment, alteration or modification has been made in
accordance with Section X.A of the Plan.
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3. All Exhibits to the Plan are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the
Debtors, (b) the Unions, (c) Centerbridge and (d) either (i) the Ad Hoc Steering Committee or (ii)
Supporting Creditors holding at least $650 million in aggregate amount of Participating Claims.
B. Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date
The Effective Date will not occur, and the Plan will not be consummated, unless and until the
following conditions have been satisfied or duly waived pursuant to Section IV.C:
1. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order on or before February 28,
2008.
2. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order (contemplated to be part of the
Confirmation Order) approving and authorizing the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to take all
actions necessary or appropriate to implement the Plan, including completion of the Restructuring
Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Plan and the implementation and
consummation of the contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents entered into
or delivered in connection with the Plan.
3. No stay of the Confirmation Order shall then be in effect.
4. The documents effectuating the Exit Facility shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Debtors and Centerbridge and shall have been executed and delivered by the
Reorganized Debtors, the Exit Facility Agent and each of the lenders under the Exit Facility.
5. The total amount of Allowed General Unsecured Claims (excluding any General Unsecured
Claims held by the Unions (including the Union Claim), any General Unsecured Claims held by the
Retiree Committee, Convenience Claims, General Unsecured Claims against EFMG, Prepetition
Intercompany Claims and the DCC Claim) shall not exceed $3.25 billion.
6. The total amount of funded debt of the Reorganized Debtors, on a consolidated basis, shall
not exceed $1.5 billion.
7. The Reorganized Debtors Minimum Emergence Liquidity shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Unions and Centerbridge.
8. The Effective Date shall occur on or before May 1, 2008.
9. The Plan and all Exhibits to the Plan shall not have been materially amended, altered or
modified from the Plan as confirmed by the Confirmation Order, unless such material amendment,
alteration or modification has been made in accordance with Section X.A of the Plan.
C. Waiver of Conditions to the Confirmation or Effective Date
The conditions to Confirmation and the conditions to the Effective Date may be waived in whole
or in part at any time by the agreement of (1) the Debtors, (2) Centerbridge, (3) Creditors
Committee, (4) the Unions and (5) either (a) the Ad Hoc Steering Committee or (b) Supporting
Creditors holding at least $650 million in aggregate amount of Participating Claims without an
order of the Bankruptcy Court, provided, however, that the condition precedent to the Effective
Date in Section IV.B.5 may be waived only by the Creditors Committee acting reasonably and
consistently with its fiduciary duties to all unsecured creditors and after taking into account the
efforts that the Debtors, the Creditors Committee and other parties, if applicable, have made to
resolve unsecured Claims.
D. Effect of Nonoccurrence of Conditions to the Effective Date
If each of the conditions to the Effective Date is not satisfied or duly waived in accordance
with Section IV.C, then upon motion by the Debtors made before the time that each of such
conditions has been satisfied
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and upon notice to such parties in interest as the Bankruptcy Court may direct, the
Confirmation Order will be vacated by the Bankruptcy 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 satisfied before the Bankruptcy Court enters an order granting
such motion. If the Confirmation Order is vacated pursuant to this Section IV.D: (1) the Plan
will be null and void in all respects, including with respect to (a) the discharge of Claims and
termination of Interests pursuant to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the assumptions,
assignments or rejections of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to Section II.E and
(c) the releases described in Section IV.E; and (2) nothing contained in the Plan will (a)
constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by or against, or any Interest in, any Debtor or (b)
prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other party in interest.
E. Effect of Confirmation of the Plan
1. Dissolution of Official Committees
On the Effective Date, the Official Committees, to the extent not previously dissolved, will
dissolve, and the members of the Official Committees and their respective Professionals will cease
to have any role arising from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases. The Professionals retained by
the Official Committees and the respective members thereof will not be entitled to assert any Fee
Claim for any services rendered or expenses incurred after the Effective Date, except for
reasonable fees for services rendered, and actual and necessary 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 II.A.1.h.ii.A.
2. Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors; Recovery
Actions
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, in accordance with section 1123(b)
of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors will retain and may enforce any claims, demands,
rights, defenses and causes of action that the Debtors or the Estates may hold against any entity,
including any Recovery Actions, to the extent not expressly released under the Plan or by any Final
Order of the Bankruptcy Court.
3. 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 will constitute a good faith compromise and
settlement of all claims or controversies relating to the rights that a holder of a Claim
(including Prepetition Intercompany Claims) or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim
or Allowed Interest or any distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of any Allowed
Claim or Allowed Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy
Courts approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or
controversies and the Bankruptcy Courts finding that all such compromises or settlements are in
the best interests of the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, Estates and their respective property and
Claim and Interest holders and are fair, equitable and reasonable.
4. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests
a. Complete Satisfaction, Discharge and Release
Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, the rights afforded under the
Plan and the treatment of Claims and Interests under the Plan will be in exchange for and in
complete satisfaction, discharge and release of all Claims and termination of all Interests arising
on or before the Effective Date, including any interest accrued on Claims from and after the
Petition Date. Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, Confirmation will, as
of the Effective Date and immediately after cancellation of the Old Common Stock of Dana: (i)
discharge the Debtors from all Claims or other debts that arose on or before the Effective Date,
and all debts of the kind specified in section 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code,
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whether or not (A) a proof of Claim based on such debt is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to
section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) a Claim based on such debt is allowed pursuant to section
502 of the Bankruptcy Code or (C) the holder of a Claim based on such debt has accepted the Plan;
and (ii) terminate all Interests and other rights of holders of Interests in the Debtors.
b. Discharge and Termination
In accordance with the foregoing, except as provided in the Plan, the Confirmation Order will
be a judicial determination, as of the Effective Date and immediately after the cancellation of the
Old Common Stock of Dana, but prior to the issuance of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock, of a
discharge of all Claims and other debts and Liabilities against the Debtors and a termination of
all Interests and other rights of the holders of Interests in the Debtors, pursuant to sections 524
and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge will void any judgment obtained against the
Debtors at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim or terminated
Interest.
5. Injunction
On the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Confirmation Order,
a. all Persons who have been, are or may be holders of Claims against or Interests in a Debtor
shall be enjoined from taking any of the following actions against or affecting a Debtor, its
Estate or its Assets with respect to such Claims or Interests (other than actions brought to
enforce any rights or obligations under the Plan and appeals, if any, from the Confirmation Order):
1. commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit,
action or other proceeding of any kind against a Debtor, its Estate, its Assets or any direct or
indirect successor in interest to a Debtor, or any assets or property of such successor (including,
without limitation, all suits, actions and proceedings that are pending as of the Effective Date,
which must be withdrawn or dismissed with prejudice);
2. enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise recovering by any manner or means,
directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order against a Debtor, its Estate or its
Assets or any direct or indirect successor in interest to a Debtor, or any assets or property of
such successor;
3. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any lien
against a Debtor, its Estate or its Assets, or any direct or indirect successor in interest to a
Debtor, or any assets or property of such successor other than as contemplated by the Plan;
4. except as provided herein, asserting any setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any
kind, directly or indirectly, against any obligation due a Debtor, its Estate or its Assets, or any
direct or indirect successor in interest to a Debtor, or any assets or property of such successor;
and
5. proceeding in any manner in any place whatsoever that does not conform to or comply with
the provisions of the Plan or the settlements set forth herein to the extent such settlements have
been approved by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with Confirmation of the Plan.
b. All Persons that have held, currently hold or may hold any Liabilities released pursuant to
Sections IV.E.6 and IV.E.7 will be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions
against any Released Party or its property on account of such released Liabilities: (i)
commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or
other proceeding of any kind; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise
recovering by any manner or means, directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order;
(iii) creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any lien;
(iv) except as provided herein, asserting any setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any
kind, directly or indirectly, against any obligation due a Released Party; 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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6. Releases
a. General Releases by Debtors and Reorganized Debtors
Without limiting any other 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, will forever release, waive and discharge all
Liabilities that they have, had or may have against any Released Party; provided, however, that the
foregoing provisions shall not affect the liability of any Released Party that otherwise would
result from any act or omission to the extent that act or omission subsequently is determined in a
Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
b. General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests
Without limiting any other applicable provisions of, or releases contained in, the Plan, as of
the Effective Date, in consideration for the obligations of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors
under the Plan and the consideration 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 (i) that votes in favor of the Plan and/or (ii) to the fullest extent permissible under
law, will be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all Liabilities in any way relating to
a Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Estates, the Plan, the Confirmation Exhibits or the Disclosure
Statement that such entity has, had or may have against any Released Party (which release will be
in addition to the discharge of Claims and termination of Interests provided herein and under the
Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code).
c. Release of Released Parties by Other Released Parties
From and after the Effective Date, except with respect to obligations under the Plan and the
Global Settlement Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Released
Parties shall release each other from any and all Liabilities that any Released Party is entitled
to assert against any other Released Party in any way relating to any Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases,
the Estates, the formulation, preparation, negotiation, dissemination, implementation,
administration, confirmation or consummation of any of the Plan, or the property to be distributed
under the Plan, the Confirmation Exhibits, the Disclosure Statement, any contract, employee pension
or other benefit plan, instrument, release or other agreement or document related to any Debtor,
the Chapter 11 Cases or the Estates created, modified, amended, terminated or entered into in
connection with either the Plan or any agreement between the Debtors and any Released Party or any
other act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Debtors bankruptcy; provided,
however, that the foregoing provisions shall not affect the liability of any Released Party that
otherwise would result from any act or omission to the extent that act or omission is determined in
a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
7. Exculpation
From and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties shall neither have nor incur any
liability to any Person for any act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Debtors
restructuring, including the formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, confirmation
or approval of the Global Settlement, the Plan, the Confirmation Exhibits, the Disclosure Statement
or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document provided for or contemplated in
connection with the consummation of the transactions set forth in the Plan; provided, however, that
the foregoing provisions shall not affect the liability of any Person that otherwise would result
from any such act or omission to the extent that act or omission is determined in a Final Order to
have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any of the foregoing parties in all
respects shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and
responsibilities under the Plan.
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8. Termination of Certain Subordination Rights and Settlement of Related Claims and
Controversies
a. Termination
The classification and manner of satisfying all Claims and Interests under the Plan take into
consideration all subordination rights, whether arising under general principles of equitable
subordination, contract, section 510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, that a holder of a
Claim or Interest may have against other Claim or Interest holders with respect to any distribution
made pursuant to the Plan. Except as provided in Section IV.E.8.c, all subordination rights that a
holder of a Claim may have with respect to any distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan will be
discharged and terminated, and all actions related to the enforcement of such subordination rights
will be permanently enjoined. Accordingly, distributions pursuant to the Plan to holders of
Allowed Claims will not be subject to payment to a beneficiary of such terminated subordination
rights or to levy, garnishment, attachment or other legal process by a beneficiary of such
terminated subordination rights.
b. Settlement
Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits
provided under the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will constitute a good faith compromise and
settlement of all claims or controversies relating to the subordination rights that a holder of a
Claim may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or any distribution to be made pursuant to the
Plan on account of any Allowed Claim, except as provided in Section IV.E.8.c. The entry of the
Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy Courts approval, as of the Effective Date, of
the compromise or settlement of all such claims or controversies and the Bankruptcy Courts finding
that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors
and their respective property and Claim and Interest holders and is fair, equitable and reasonable.
c. Preservation of Subordination under Section 510(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section IV.E.8, the provisions of
section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable, are expressly preserved and shall
be enforced pursuant to the Plan.
ARTICLE V.
MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
A. Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets
Except as otherwise provided herein (including with respect to the Restructuring Transactions
described in Section V.B), on the Effective Date: (1) New Dana Holdco will be incorporated and
shall exist as a separate corporate entity, with all corporate powers in accordance with the laws
of the state of Delaware and the certificates of incorporation, bylaws and certificate of
designations attached hereto as Exhibits V.C.1.a and V.C.1.b; (2) each Debtor will, as a
Reorganized Debtor, continue to exist after the Effective Date as a separate legal entity, with all
of the powers of such a legal entity under applicable law and without prejudice to any right to
alter or terminate such existence (whether by merger, dissolution or otherwise) under applicable
state law; (3) all property of the Estate of a Debtor, and any property acquired by a Debtor or
Reorganized Debtor under the Plan, will vest, subject to the Restructuring Transactions, in such
Reorganized Debtor free and clear of all Claims, liens, charges, other encumbrances, Interests and
other interests. On and after the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may operate its business
and may use, acquire and dispose of property and compromise or settle any claims without
supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code
or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan or the
Confirmation Order. Without limiting the foregoing, each Reorganized Debtor may pay the charges
that it incurs on or after the Effective Date for Professionals fees, disbursements, expenses or
related support services (including fees relating to the preparation of Professional fee
applications) without application to, or the approval of, the Bankruptcy Court.
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B. Restructuring Transactions
1. Restructuring Transactions Generally
On or after the Confirmation Date, the applicable Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may enter
into such Restructuring Transactions and may take such actions as the Debtors or Reorganized
Debtors may determine to be necessary or appropriate to effect a corporate restructuring of their
respective businesses or simplify the overall corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors,
including but not limited to the restructuring transactions identified on Exhibit V.B.1, all to
the extent not inconsistent with any other terms of the Plan. Unless otherwise provided by the
terms of a Restructuring Transaction, all such Restructuring Transactions will be deemed to occur
on the Effective Date and may include one or more mergers, consolidations, restructurings,
dispositions, liquidations or dissolutions, as may be determined by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors to be necessary or appropriate. The actions to effect these transactions may include: (a)
the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation,
restructuring, disposition, liquidation or dissolution containing terms that are consistent with
the terms of the Plan and that satisfy the requirements of applicable state law and such other
terms to which the applicable entities may agree; (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate
instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right,
liability, duty or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having such other
terms to which the applicable entities may agree; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates or
articles of merger, consolidation, dissolution or change in corporate form pursuant to applicable
state law; and (d) the taking of all other actions that the applicable entities determine to be
necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable
state law in connection with such transactions. Any such transactions may be effected on or
subsequent to the Effective Date without any further action by the stockholders or directors of any
of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.
2. Obligations of Any Successor Corporation in a Restructuring Transaction
The Restructuring Transactions may result in substantially all of the respective assets,
properties, rights, liabilities, duties and obligations of certain of the Reorganized Debtors
vesting in one or more surviving, resulting or acquiring corporations. In each case in which the
surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation in any such transaction is a successor to a
Reorganized Debtor, such surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation will perform the obligations
of the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan to pay or otherwise satisfy the Allowed
Claims against such Reorganized Debtor, except as provided in the Plan or in any contract,
instrument or other agreement or document effecting a disposition to such surviving, resulting or
acquiring corporation, which may provide that another Reorganized Debtor will perform such
obligations.
C. Corporate Governance and Directors and Officers
1. Certificates of Incorporation and Bylaws of New Dana Holdco and the Other Reorganized
Debtors
As of the Effective Date, the certificates of incorporation and the bylaws (or comparable
constituent documents) of New Dana Holdco and the other Reorganized Debtors, including the
certificate of designations with respect to New Dana Holdco, will be substantially in the forms set
forth in Exhibits V.C.1.a and V.C.1.b, respectively. The certificates of incorporation and
bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of New Dana Holdco and each other Reorganized Debtor,
among other things, will: (a) prohibit the issuance of nonvoting equity securities to the extent
required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) with respect to New Dana Holdco,
authorize (i) the issuance of New Dana Holdco Common Stock in amounts not less than the amounts
necessary to permit the distributions required or contemplated by the Plan and (ii) the issuance of
the New Preferred Stock. After the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco and each other Reorganized
Debtor may amend and restate their articles of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable constituent
documents) as permitted by applicable state law, subject to the terms and conditions of such
constituent documents. On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, New Dana
Holdco and each other Reorganized Debtor shall file such certificates of incorporation (or
comparable constituent documents) with the secretaries of state of the states in which New Dana
Holdco and such other Reorganized Debtors are incorporated or organized, to the extent required by
and in accordance with the applicable corporate law of such states.
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2. Directors and Officers of New Dana Holdco and the Other Reorganized Debtors
Subject to any requirement of Bankruptcy Court approval pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the
Bankruptcy Code, from and after the Effective Date: (a) the initial officers of New Dana Holdco
and the other Reorganized Debtors will consist of the individuals identified on Exhibit V.C.2;
(b) the initial board of directors of New Dana Holdco will be comprised of seven members (to be
identified on Exhibit V.C.2 as selected), as follows: (i) three directors (one of whom must be
independent) chosen by Centerbridge, (ii) two Independent Directors chosen by the Creditors
Committee, (iii) one Independent Director chosen by the Creditors Committee from a list of three
Independent Directors proffered by Centerbridge, provided, however, if none of the Independent
Directors on the list are reasonably satisfactory to the Creditors Committee, then Centerbridge
shall proffer the names of additional Independent Directors until the name of an Independent
Director reasonably satisfactory to the Creditors Committee is put forth and at any time during
that process, the Creditors Committee may submit its own list, which would then be subject to the
same proffer process and (iv) the Chief Executive Officer of New Dana Holdco; and (c) the initial
board of directors of each of the other Reorganized Debtors will consist of the individuals
identified, or will be designated pursuant to the procedures specified, on Exhibit V.C.2. Each
such director and officer will serve from and after the Effective Date until his or her successor
is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or
removal in accordance with the terms of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable
constituent documents) of New Dana Holdco or the applicable other Reorganized Debtor and state law.
3. Compliance with Exchange Act by New Dana Holdco
From and after the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco shall timely file with the SEC the annual
reports, quarterly reports and other periodic reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to
sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
D. New Dana Holdco Common Stock
1. Issuance and Distribution of New Dana Holdco Common Stock
The New Dana Holdco Common Stock, when issued or distributed as provided in the Plan, will be
duly authorized, validly issued and, if applicable, fully paid and nonassessable. Each
distribution and issuance under the Plan shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in
the Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the
instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions
shall bind each person or entity receiving such distribution or issuance.
2. Listing
New Dana Holdco will apply to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a national exchange as
soon as practicable after the Effective Date when New Dana Holdco meets the applicable listing
requirements. If New Dana Holdco is not able to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a
national exchange, it will cooperate with any registered broker-dealer who may seek to initiate
price quotations for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board.
3. Section 1145 Exemption
To the maximum extent provided by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable
nonbankruptcy law, the issuance of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock under the Plan will be exempt
from registration under the Securities Act and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Employment, Retirement and Other Related Agreements; Cessation of Retiree Benefits; Workers
Compensation Programs |
1. Employment-Related Agreements
As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will have authority to: (a) maintain, amend
or revise existing employment, retirement, welfare, incentive, severance, indemnification and other
agreements with its active directors, officers and employees, subject to the terms and conditions
of any such agreement; and (b) enter into new employment, retirement, welfare, incentive,
severance, indemnification and other agreements for active employees.
2. Cessation of Retiree Benefits
Prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors ceased providing and paying all retiree benefits (as
defined in section 1114(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) to: (a) non-union retirees and their dependents
in accordance with the Stipulation and Agreed Order Between Dana Corporation and the Official
Committee of Non-Union Retirees (Docket No. 5356), dated May 21, 2007; and (b) retirees who had
been members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and their
dependents in accordance with the Agreed Order Approving Settlement Agreement Between Dana
Corporation and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (Docket No.
5180), dated April 27, 2007. Retiree benefits (as defined in section 1114(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code) to all UAW and USW-represented retirees will be terminated in accordance with the Global
Settlement Order and Section III.B above.
3. Continuation of Workers Compensation Programs
From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will continue to administer and pay
the Claims arising before the Petition Date under the Debtors workers compensation programs in
all applicable jurisdictions in accordance with the Debtors prepetition practices and procedures,
applicable plan documents and governing state law; provided, however, that the Claims arising from
the Debtors prepetition contractual assumption of, or indemnity for, the liabilities of third
parties under workers compensation programs will be treated as General Unsecured Claims in Classes
5A and 5F, as applicable.
4. Emergence Bonus for Non-Union Employees
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F. Corporate Action
The Restructuring Transactions; the adoption of new or amended and restated certificates of
incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) for New Dana Holdco and the other
Reorganized Debtors and the certificate of designations for New Dana Holdco; the initial selection
of directors and officers for each Reorganized Debtor; the entry into the Exit Facility and receipt
of the proceeds thereof; the establishment of the Creditor Oversight Committee; the issuance of the
New Preferred Stock and New Dana Holdco Common Stock; the distribution of the New Dana Holdco
Common Stock and Cash pursuant to the Plan; the adoption, execution, delivery and implementation of
all contracts, leases, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents related to any of
the foregoing; the adoption, execution and implementation of employment, retirement and
indemnification agreements, incentive compensation programs, retirement income plans, welfare
benefit plans and other employee plans and related agreements; and the other matters provided for
under the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors or
corporate action to be taken by or required of a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor will be deemed to
occur and be effective as of the Effective Date, if no such other date is specified in such other
documents, and will be authorized and approved in all respects and for all purposes without any
requirement of further action by the stockholders or directors of the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors.
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G. Creditor Oversight Committee
1. Composition
On or prior to the Effective Date, the Creditor Oversight Committee shall be established
pursuant to the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement.
2. Rights and Responsibilities
The powers, rights and responsibilities of the Creditor Oversight Committee shall be specified
in the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement, which shall be Filed no later than five Business
Days prior to the Confirmation Hearing and shall include the authority and responsibility to review
proposed resolutions of General Unsecured Claims. In connection with this responsibility, the
Creditor Oversight Committee may employ, without further order of the Bankruptcy Court,
professionals to assist in carrying out its duties under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement or the Plan, the consultation and objection
rights of the Creditor Oversight Committee with respect to Claims shall be limited to General
Unsecured Claims that would result in the creation of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in excess
of $[500,000].
3. Fees and Expenses of the Creditor Oversight Committee
Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the reasonable and necessary fees and
expenses of the Creditor Oversight Committee (including the reasonable and necessary fees and
expenses of any professionals assisting the Creditor Oversight Committee in carrying out its duties
under the Plan) will be paid by the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the Creditor Oversight
Committee Agreement without further order from the Bankruptcy Court.
H. Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims
1. Limitations on Amounts to Be Distributed to Holders of Allowed Insured Claims
Distributions under the Plan to each holder of an Allowed Insured Claim will be in accordance
with the treatment provided under the Plan for the Class in which such Allowed Insured Claim is
classified, but solely to the extent that such Allowed Insured Claim is not satisfied from proceeds
payable to the holder thereof under any pertinent insurance policies and applicable law. Nothing
in this Section V.H will constitute a waiver of any claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages,
demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities that any entity may hold against any other
entity, including the Debtors insurance carriers.
2. Reinstatement and Continuation of Insurance Policies
From and after the Effective Date, each of the Debtors insurance policies in existence as of
or prior to the Effective Date shall be reinstated and continued in accordance with its terms and,
to the extent applicable, shall be deemed assumed or assumed and assigned by the applicable Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section II.E of the Plan.
Each insurance carrier under such insurance policies shall continue to honor and administer the
policies with respect to the Reorganized Debtors in the same manner and according to the same terms
and practices applicable to the Debtors prior to the Effective Date.
I. Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other Documentation
1. Bonds
Except as provided in any contract, instrument 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 VI, the Indentures and the Bonds will be deemed canceled and
of no further force and effect against the Debtors, without any further action on the part of any
Debtor. The holders of the Bonds will have no
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rights against the Debtors arising from or relating to such instruments and other
documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the rights provided pursuant to the Plan;
provided, however, that no distribution under the Plan will be made to or on behalf of any holder
of an Allowed Bondholder Claim until such Bonds are surrendered to and received by the applicable
Third Party Disbursing Agent to the extent required in Section VI.K. Upon the cancellation of the
Indentures on the Effective Date, the Indenture Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations
under such Indenture from and after the Effective Date, including, without limitation, any duties
or obligations with respect to distributions to or for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds
under the Plan (other than those duties or obligations undertaken by the Indenture Trustee in its
capacity as a Disbursing Agent, if any).
2. Old Common Stock
The Old Common Stock of Dana shall be deemed canceled and of no further force and effect on
the Effective Date. The holders of or parties to such canceled securities and other documentation
will have no rights arising from or relating to such securities and other documentation or the
cancellation thereof, except the rights provided pursuant to the Plan.
J. Release of Liens
Except as otherwise provided in 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 except as specified in the treatment provided for Claims and Interests in Article II, all
mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests against the property of any Estate
will 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, will revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its successors and
assigns. As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to execute and file
on behalf of creditors Form UCC-3 Termination Statements or such other forms as may be necessary or
appropriate to implement the provisions of this Section V.J.
K. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes
The President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President of each
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, will be authorized to execute, deliver, file or record
such contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents and take such actions as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and implement the provisions of the Plan. The
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor will be authorized to
certify or attest to any of the foregoing actions. Pursuant to section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code, the following will not be subject to any stamp Tax, real estate transfer Tax, mortgage
recording Tax, sales or use Tax or similar Tax: (1) the issuance, transfer or exchange of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock and New Preferred Stock; (2) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien
or other security interest; (3) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease; (4) the
execution and delivery of the Exit Facility; (5) any Restructuring Transaction; or (6) 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 of the foregoing or pursuant to the Plan.
ARTICLE VI.
PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS
A. Distributions for Claims and Interests Allowed as of the Effective Date
Except as otherwise provided in this Article VI, distributions of Cash (including
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash) and Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be
made on the Effective Date to holders of Claims or Interests as provided by Article II that are
allowed as of the Effective Date shall be deemed made on the Effective Date if made on the
Effective Date or as promptly thereafter as practicable, but in any event no later than: (1) 60
days after the Effective Date; or (2) with respect to any particular Claim, such later date when
the applicable conditions of Section II.E.3 (regarding cure payments for Executory Contracts and
Unexpired
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Leases being assumed), Section VI.E.2 (regarding undeliverable distributions) or Section
VI.K (regarding surrender of canceled instruments and securities), as applicable, are satisfied.
Distributions on account of Claims and Interests that become Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests,
respectively, after the Effective Date will be made pursuant to Section VII.C. For the purposes
of all distributions of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be made pursuant to the Plan, each share of
New Dana Holdco Common Stock shall be valued at the Per Share Value.
B. Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests
The Reorganized Debtors, or such Third Party Disbursing Agents as the Reorganized Debtors, in
consultation with the Creditor Oversight Committee, may employ in their sole discretion, will make
all distributions of Cash, New Dana Holdco Common Stock and other instruments or documents required
under the Plan. Each Disbursing Agent will serve without bond, and any Disbursing Agent may employ
or contract with other entities to assist in or make the distributions required by the Plan. The
duties of any Third Party Disbursing Agent shall be set forth in the applicable agreement retaining
such Third Party Disbursing Agent.
C. Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions
Each Third Party Disbursing Agent providing services related to distributions pursuant to the
Plan will receive from the Reorganized Debtors, without further Bankruptcy Court approval,
reasonable compensation for such services and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with such services. These payments will be made by the Reorganized Debtors
and will not be deducted from distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan to holders of Allowed
Claims receiving distributions from a Third Party Disbursing Agent.
D. Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
1. Funding of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
On the Effective Date, the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve will be established by the
Disbursing Agent and the Reserved Shares and/or Reserved Excess Minimum Cash will be placed in the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve by the Disbursing Agent for the benefit of holders of Disputed
Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F. For the purpose of calculating the amount of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock and/or Excess Minimum Cash to be contributed to the Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve, all Disputed Claims will be treated (solely for purposes of establishing the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve) either as Allowed Claims in the Face Amount of such Claims or as
estimated by the Bankruptcy Court, as applicable.
2. Dividends and Distributions
Cash dividends and other distributions received by the Disbursing Agent on account of the
Reserved Shares, along with any Cash Investment Yield on Cash held in the Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve, will (a) be deposited in a segregated bank account in the name of the Disbursing Agent for
the benefit of holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F, (b) will be accounted
for separately and (c) will not constitute property of the Reorganized Debtors. The Disbursing
Agent will invest any Cash held in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve in a manner consistent
with Danas investment and deposit guidelines.
3. Recourse
Each holder of a Disputed Claim that ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C,
5D, 5E and 5F will have recourse only to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets and not to
any other assets held by the Reorganized Debtors, their property or any assets previously
distributed on account of any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest. Each holder of an Allowed Claim
or Allowed Interest in Classes 7A or 7B will have recourse, to the extent each holder of an Allowed
Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F has been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest, only to
the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets, if any, and not to any other assets held by any
Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized Debtors, their property or any assets previously distributed on
account of any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest.
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4. Voting of Undelivered New Dana Holdco Common Stock
The Disbursing Agent shall vote, and shall be deemed to vote, the Reserved Shares held by it
in its capacity as Disbursing Agent in the same proportion as all outstanding shares of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock properly cast in a shareholder vote.
5. Tax Treatment
The Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve is intended to be treated, for U.S. federal income Tax
purposes, as a disputed ownership fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section
1.468B-9(b)(1).
E. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions
1. Delivery of Distributions
Except as provided in Section VI.E.1.b, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims and, to
the extent applicable, Allowed Interests, will be made by a Disbursing Agent: (i) at (A) the
addresses set forth on the respective proofs of Claim Filed by holders of such Claims and (B) the
address of such record holder listed with the registrar or transfer agent for such Interest; (ii)
at the address for a Claim transferee set forth in a valid notice of transfer of Claim; (iii) at
the addresses set forth in any written certification of address change delivered to the Disbursing
Agent (including pursuant to a letter of transmittal delivered to a Disbursing Agent) after the
date of Filing of any related proof of Claim; (iv) at the addresses reflected in the applicable
Debtors Schedules if no proof of Claim has been Filed and the Disbursing Agent has not received a
written notice of a change of address; or (v) if clauses (i) through (iv) are not applicable, at
the last address directed by such holder in a Filing made after such Claim or Interest becomes an
Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest.
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Special Provisions for Distributions to Holders of Bondholder
Claims and Interests on Account of Old Common Stock of Dana |
i. Subject to the requirements of Section VI.K and Section VI.E.1.b.ii below, distributions
to holders of Allowed Bondholder Claims will be made by a Disbursing Agent to the record holders of
the Bonds as of the Distribution Record Date, as identified on a record holder register to be
provided to the Disbursing Agent by the Indenture Trustee within five Business Days after the
Distribution Record Date. This record holder register (A) will provide the name, address and
holdings of each respective registered holder as of the Distribution Record Date and (B) must be
consistent with the applicable holders Claim, if Filed, or as otherwise determined by the Court.
ii. With respect to the Allowed Bondholder Claims, on the Effective Date (or as soon as
practicable thereafter in accordance with Section VI.A), a Disbursing Agent will distribute the
Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Minimum Cash on
account of the Allowed Bondholder Claims to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee then will
distribute the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Minimum Cash in accordance
with the Plan to the holders of the Allowed Bondholder Claims who surrender the Bonds to the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with Sections V.I.1 and VI.K. For purposes of distributions
under this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall be considered a Disbursing Agent.
iii. Subject to the requirements of Section VI.K, any distributions to holders of Allowed
Interests on account of Old Common Stock of Dana will be made by a Disbursing Agent at the address
of such record holder listed with the registrar or transfer agent for such Interest, to be provided
by such registrar or transfer agent to the Disbursing Agent within five Business Days after the
Distribution Record Date.
iv. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and any Disbursing Agent shall only be required to
act and make distributions in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Such parties shall have no
(A) liability to any party for actions taken in accordance with the Plan or in reliance upon
information provided to it
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in accordance with the Plan or (B) obligation or liability for distributions under the Plan to
any party who does not hold a Claim against or Interest in the Debtors as of the Distribution
Record Date or who does not otherwise comply with the terms of the Plan, including Sections V.I
and VI.K.
2. Undeliverable Distributions Held by Disbursing Agents
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Holding of Undeliverable Distributions; Undelivered New Dana
Holdco Common Stock |
i. Subject to Section VI.E.2.c, distributions returned to a Disbursing Agent or otherwise
undeliverable will remain in the possession of the applicable Disbursing Agent pursuant to this
Section VI.E.2.a.i until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable. Subject to Section
VI.E.2.c, undeliverable Cash or New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be held by the applicable
Disbursing Agent for the benefit of the potential claimants of such Cash or New Dana Holdco Common
Stock.
ii. Pending the distribution of any New Dana Holdco Common Stock, the Disbursing Agent shall
vote, and shall be deemed to vote, all New Dana Holdco Common Stock held by such Disbursing Agent,
whether relating to undeliverable distributions or undelivered distributions, in the same
proportion as all outstanding shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock properly cast in a shareholder
vote.
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After Distributions Become Deliverable |
On each Periodic Distribution Date, the applicable Disbursing Agent will make all
distributions that become deliverable to holders of Allowed Claims and, as applicable, Allowed
Interests during the preceding calendar quarter; provided, however, that the applicable Disbursing
Agent may, in its sole discretion, establish a record date prior to each Periodic Distribution
Date, such that only Claims Allowed as of the record date will participate in such periodic
distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Disbursing Agent reserves the right,
to the extent it determines a distribution on any Periodic Distribution Date is uneconomical or
unfeasible, or is otherwise unadvisable, to postpone a Periodic Distribution Date.
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Failure to Claim Undeliverable Distributions |
Any holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest that does not assert a claim pursuant to
the Plan for an undeliverable distribution to be made by a Disbursing Agent within one year after
the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the last date on which a distribution was deliverable
to such holder will have its claim for such undeliverable distribution discharged and will be
forever barred from asserting any such claim against the Reorganized Debtors. In such cases,
unclaimed distributions will become property of New Dana Holdco, free of any restrictions thereon,
and any such unclaimed distribution held by a Third Party Disbursing Agent will be returned to New
Dana Holdco. Nothing contained in the Plan will require any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or
Disbursing Agent to attempt to locate any holder of an Allowed Claim or an Allowed Interest.
F. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed
1. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes Other than 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F and 7B
Subject to Section VI.A, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in a Class
other than 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F and 7B will receive the full amount of the distributions that the
Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class. No later than each Periodic Distribution
Date, distributions also will be made to holders of Disputed Claims in any such Class that were
allowed during the preceding calendar quarter. Such periodic distributions also will be in the
full amount that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class.
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2. Postpetition Interest on Claims
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument,
release, settlement or other agreement entered into in connection with the Plan, or as required by
applicable bankruptcy law, Postpetition Interest shall not accrue on account of any Claim.
3. Post-Effective Date Interest on Claims
Post-Effective Date interest shall not accrue on account of any Claim.
4. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F
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Initial Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes
5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F |
Subject to Section VI.A, on the Effective Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F its Pro Rata share of the Distributable
Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Minimum Cash.
If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E or 5F is
Allowed in an amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating
the initial distribution, the applicable amount of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash
will be distributed, subject to Section VI.F.4.b, to the applicable holders of Allowed Claims in
Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F on the next Periodic Distribution Date.
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Periodic Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes
5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F |
On the applicable Periodic Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F its Pro Rata share of the Reserved
Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash, until such time as all Disputed Claims entitled to such
distributions have been resolved. On an applicable Periodic Distribution Date, a holder of an
Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the
Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up Distribution. The Disbursing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, establish a record date prior to each Periodic Distribution Date, such that only Claims
Allowed as of the record date will participate in such periodic distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Disbursing Agent reserves the right, to the extent it determines a distribution on
any Periodic Distribution Date is uneconomical or unfeasible, or is otherwise unadvisable, to
postpone a Periodic Distribution Date.
5. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B
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Initial Distributions to Holders of Allowed Interests in Class
7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B |
On the Periodic Distribution Date upon which (a) all Disputed Claims in Classes other than
Class 7B entitled to distributions have been resolved and (b) all distributions to which the
holders of such Claims are entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan will be made from the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each holder of an
Allowed Interest in Class 7A and an Allowed Claim in Class 7B its Pro Rata share of the Reserved
Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash remaining in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, if any.
For the purpose of calculating the amount of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash to
be initially distributed to holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class
7B, all Disputed Claims in Class 7B will be treated as though such Claims will be Allowed Claims in
the principal amount of such Claims, or as estimated by the Bankruptcy Court, as applicable.
If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Class 7B is Allowed in an
amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating the initial
distribution, the applicable
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Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash will be distributed, subject to Section
VI.F.5.b, to the applicable holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B
on the next Periodic Distribution Date.
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On the applicable Periodic Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Interest in Class 7A and an Allowed Claim in Class 7B its Pro Rata share of
the Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash, until such time as all Disputed Claims in
Class 7B entitled to such distributions have been resolved. On an applicable Periodic Distribution
Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 7B that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the
Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up Distribution. The Disbursing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, establish a record date prior to each Periodic Distribution Date, such that only Claims
Allowed as of the record date will participate in such periodic distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Disbursing Agent reserves the right, to the extent it determines a distribution on
any Periodic Distribution Date is uneconomical or unfeasible, or is otherwise unadvisable, to
postpone a Periodic Distribution Date.
6. Distributions of New Dana Holdco Common Stock No Fractional Shares; Rounding
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, only whole numbers of shares of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock will be distributed. For purposes of all distributions other than the
distribution on the Final Distribution Date, fractional shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock will
be carried forward to the next Periodic Distribution Date. On the Final Distribution Date,
fractional shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
number or zero, as applicable. No New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be distributed on account of
fractional shares that are rounded down.
7. De Minimis Distributions
A Disbursing Agent will not distribute Cash (including Excess Minimum Cash) or New Dana Holdco
Common Stock to the holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable, if the amount of
Cash (including Excess Minimum Cash) or New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be distributed on the
particular Periodic Distribution Date does not constitute a final distribution to such holder and
is, or has an economic value of, less than $500.
8. Administration and Distribution of Union Emergence Shares
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Union Emergence Shares shall be
administered and distributed in accordance with Appendix J to the Union Settlement Agreements.
G. Distribution Record Date
1. A Disbursing Agent will have no obligation to recognize the transfer of, or the sale of any
participation in, any Allowed Claim that occurs after the Distribution Record Date and will be
entitled for all purposes herein to recognize and make distributions only to those holders of
Allowed Claims that are holders of such Claims, or participants therein, as of the Distribution
Record Date.
2. As of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, each transfer register for (a)
the Bonds, as maintained by the Indenture Trustee, and (b) the Old Common Stock of Dana, as
maintained by the transfer agent, will be closed. The applicable Disbursing Agent will have no
obligation and is not permitted to recognize the transfer or sale of any Bondholder Claim or
Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana that occurs after the close of business on the
Distribution Record Date and will be entitled for all purposes herein to recognize and make
distributions only to those holders who are holders of such Claims or Interests as of the close of
business on the Distribution Record Date.
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3. Except as otherwise provided in a Final Order, the transferees of Claims that are
transferred pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3001 prior to the Distribution Record Date will be treated
as the holders of such Claims for all purposes, notwithstanding that any period provided by
Bankruptcy Rule 3001 for objecting to such transfer has not expired by the Distribution Record
Date.
H. Means of Cash Payments
Except as otherwise specified herein, Cash payments made pursuant to the Plan will be by
checks drawn on a domestic bank selected by the applicable Disbursing Agent or, at the option of
the applicable Disbursing Agent, by wire transfer from a domestic bank.
I. Foreign Currency Exchange Rate
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or a Bankruptcy Court order, as of the Effective
Date, any General Unsecured Claim asserted in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall
automatically be deemed converted to the equivalent U.S. dollar value using the exchange rate as of
March 2, 2006, as set forth in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release for such date.
J. Establishment of Reserves
The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may establish any reserves that they deem necessary or
advisable to make distributions to holders of Allowed Claims or otherwise to satisfy their
obligations under the Plan.
K. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities
1. Tender of Bonds
Except as provided in Section VI.K.2 for lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Bonds, each
holder of any Bond not held through book entry must tender such Bond to the applicable Third Party
Disbursing Agent in accordance with a letter of transmittal to be provided to such holders by the
Third Party Disbursing Agent as promptly as practicable following the Effective Date. The letter
of transmittal will include, among other provisions, customary provisions with respect to the
authority of the holder of such Bond to act and the authenticity of any signatures required
thereon. All surrendered Bonds will be marked as canceled and delivered to the Reorganized
Debtors.
2. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Bonds
Any holder of an Allowed Bondholder Claim with respect to which the underlying Bond has been
lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed must, in lieu of surrendering such Bond, deliver to the Third
Party Disbursing Agent: (a) evidence satisfactory to the Third Party Disbursing Agent of the loss,
theft, mutilation or destruction; and (b) such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Third Party Disbursing Agent to hold the Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Debtors and Reorganized
Debtors harmless from any damages, liabilities or costs incurred in treating such individual as a
holder of such Bond. Upon compliance with this Section VI.K.2 by a holder of an Allowed
Bondholder Claim, such holder will, for all purposes under the Plan, be deemed to have surrendered
the applicable Bond.
3. Failure to Surrender Bonds
Any holder of a Bond not held through book entry that fails to surrender or is deemed not to
have surrendered the applicable Bond within one year after the Effective Date will have its right
to distributions pursuant to the Plan on account thereof discharged and will be forever barred from
asserting any such Claim against the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property. In such
case, any New Dana Holdco Common Stock held for distribution on account thereof will be treated
pursuant to the provisions set forth in Section VI.E.2.c.
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4. Tender of Old Common Stock of Dana
Except as provided in Section VI.K.5 for lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed certificates
of Old Common Stock of Dana, each holder of Old Common Stock of Dana not held through book entry
must tender the Old Common Stock of Dana certificates to the Third Party Disbursing Agent in
accordance with a letter of transmittal to be provided to such holders by the Third Party
Disbursing Agent on or before the Effective Date. The letter of transmittal will include, among
other provisions, customary provisions with respect to the authority of the holder of such
certificates to act and the authenticity of any signatures required thereon. All surrendered
certificates of Old Common Stock of Dana will be marked as canceled and delivered to the
Reorganized Debtors.
5. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Old Common Stock of Dana
Any holder of an Allowed Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana with respect to which
the underlying Old Common Stock of Dana certificate has been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
must, in lieu of surrendering such certificate, deliver to the Third Party Disbursing Agent: (a)
evidence satisfactory to the Third Party Disbursing Agent of the loss, theft, mutilation or
destruction; and (b) such security or indemnity as may be required by the Third Party Disbursing
Agent to hold the Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors harmless
from any damages, liabilities or costs incurred in treating such individual as a holder of such Old
Common Stock of Dana. Upon compliance with this Section VI.K.5 by a holder of an Allowed
Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana, such holder will, for all purposes under the Plan,
be deemed to have surrendered the applicable stock certificate.
6. Failure to Surrender Old Common Stock of Dana
Any holder of an Allowed Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana not held through book
entry that fails to surrender or is deemed not to have surrendered the applicable stock certificate
will have its right to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan on account of its Allowed
Interest discharged and will be forever barred from asserting any such Interest or related Claims
against the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or their respective property.
L. Withholding and Reporting Requirements
1. In connection with the Plan, to the extent applicable, each Disbursing Agent will comply
with all applicable Tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on it by any governmental
unit, and all distributions pursuant to the Plan will be subject to applicable withholding and
reporting requirements. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, each Disbursing
Agent will be authorized to take any actions that may be necessary or appropriate to comply with
such withholding and reporting requirements, including, without limitation, liquidating a portion
of the distribution to be made under the Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable
withholding Taxes or establishing any other mechanisms the Disbursing Agent believes are reasonable
and appropriate, including requiring Claim holders to submit appropriate Tax and withholding
certifications. To the extent any Claim holder fails to submit appropriate Tax and withholding
certifications as required by the Disbursing Agent, such Claim holders distribution will be deemed
undeliverable and subject to Section VI.E.2.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, each entity receiving a distribution of
Cash or New Dana Holdco Common Stock pursuant to the Plan will have sole and exclusive
responsibility for the satisfaction and payment of any Tax obligations imposed on it by any
governmental unit on account of the distribution, including income, withholding and other Tax
obligations.
3. The Debtors reserve the right to allocate and distribute all distributions made under the
Plan in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support and other spousal
awards, liens and similar encumbrances.
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M. Setoffs
Except with respect to claims of a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor released pursuant to the Plan
or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in
connection with the Plan, each Reorganized Debtor or, as instructed by a Reorganized Debtor, a
Third Party Disbursing Agent may, pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable
nonbankruptcy law, set off against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant to
the Plan on account of the Claim (before any distribution is made on account of the Claim) the
claims, rights and causes of action of any nature that the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor
may hold against the holder of the Allowed Claim; provided, however, that neither the failure to
effect a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder will constitute a waiver or release by the
applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor of any claims, rights and causes of action that the Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor may possess against the Claim holder.
N. Application of Distributions
To the extent applicable, all distributions to a holder of an Allowed Claim will apply first
to the principal amount of such Claim until such principal amount is paid in full and then to any
interest accrued on such Claim prior to the Petition Date, and the remaining portion of such
distributions, if any, will apply to any interest accrued on such Claim after the Petition Date.
ARTICLE VII.
PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED CLAIMS
A. Treatment of Disputed Claims
1. ADR Procedures
At the Debtors or, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors option, any Disputed
Claim may be submitted to the ADR Procedures in accordance with the terms of the ADR Procedures.
Disputed Claims not resolved through the ADR Procedures will be resolved pursuant to the Plan.
2. Tort Claims
At the Debtors or, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors option, any
unliquidated Tort Claim (as to which a proof of Claim was timely Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases) not
resolved through the ADR Procedures will be determined and liquidated in the administrative or
judicial tribunal(s) in which it is pending on the Effective Date or, if no action was pending on
the Effective Date, in any administrative or judicial tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction. The
Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may exercise the above option by service upon the holder of the
applicable Tort Claim of a notice informing the holder of such Tort Claim that the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors have exercised such option. Upon a Debtors or Reorganized Debtors service of
such notice, the automatic stay provided under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, or after the
Effective Date, the discharge injunction, will be deemed modified, without the necessity for
further Bankruptcy Court approval, solely to the extent necessary to allow the parties to determine
or liquidate the Tort Claim in the applicable administrative or judicial tribunal(s).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times prior to or after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy
Court will retain jurisdiction relating to Tort Claims, including the Debtors right to have such
Claims determined and/or liquidated in the Bankruptcy Court (or the United States District Court
having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases) pursuant to Section 157(b)(2)(B) of title 28 of the
United States Code, as may be applicable. Any Tort Claim determined and liquidated pursuant to a
judgment obtained in accordance with this Section VII.A.2 and applicable non-bankruptcy law that
is no longer appealable or subject to review will be deemed an Allowed Claim, as applicable, in
Classes 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F against the applicable Debtor in such liquidated amount, provided
that only the amount of such Allowed Claim that is less than or equal to the Debtors self-insured
retention or deductible in connection with any applicable insurance policy and is not satisfied
from proceeds of insurance payable to the holder of such Allowed Claim under the Debtors insurance
policies will be treated as an Allowed Claim for the purposes of distributions under the Plan. In
no event will a distribution be made under the Plan to the holder of a Tort Claim on account of any
portion of an Allowed Claim in excess of the applicable Debtors
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deductible or self-insured retention under any applicable insurance policy. In the event a
Tort Claim is determined and liquidated pursuant to a judgment or order that is obtained in
accordance with this Section VII.A.2 and is no longer appealable or subject to review, and
applicable non-bankruptcy law provides for no recovery against the applicable Debtor, such Tort
Claim will be deemed expunged without the necessity for further Bankruptcy Court approval upon the
applicable Debtors service of a copy of such judgment or order upon the holder of such Tort Claim.
Nothing contained in this Section will constitute or be deemed a waiver of any claim, right or
cause of action that a Debtor may have against any person or entity in connection with or arising
out of any Tort Claim, including but not limited to any rights under section 157(b)(5) of title 28
of the United States Code. All claims, demands, rights, defenses and causes of action that the
Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may have against any person or entity in connection with or
arising out of any Tort Claim are expressly retained and preserved.
3. Disputed Insured Claims
The resolution of Disputed Insured Claims, including Tort Claims, pursuant to this Section
VII.A shall be subject to the provisions of Section V.H of the Plan.
4. No Distributions Pending Allowance
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no payments or distributions will be made on
account of a Disputed Claim until such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, if ever. In lieu of
distributions under the Plan to holders of Disputed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F, the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve will be established on the Effective Date to hold the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets for the benefit of those Claim holders.
B. Prosecution of Objections to Claims
1. Objections to Claims
All objections to Claims must be Filed and served on the holders of such Claims, and any
amendment to the Schedules to reduce the scheduled Claim of such holder must be made by the Debtors
or the Reorganized Debtors by the Claims Objection Bar Date. If an objection has not been Filed to
a Claim or an amendment has not been made to the Schedules with respect to a scheduled Claim by the
Claims Objection Bar Date, the particular Claim will be treated as an Allowed Claim if such Claim
has not been allowed earlier.
2. Authority to Prosecute Objections
a. Objections Filed Prior to the Effective Date
After the Confirmation Date, but prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Creditors
Committee will have the authority to File, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment
objections to Claims, including pursuant to any alternative dispute resolution or similar
procedures approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
b. Objections Filed On or After the Effective Date
Except as provided herein, on or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, in
consultation with the Creditor Oversight Committee, will have the sole authority to File, settle,
compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment objections to Claims, including pursuant to any
alternative dispute resolution or similar procedures approved by the Bankruptcy Court. In the
event that the Reorganized Debtors have not Filed an objection to a General Unsecured Claim within
20 days of their receipt of a written request from the Creditor Oversight Committee that the
Reorganized Debtors File such an objection, which written request shall in no event be served upon
the Reorganized Debtors prior to the later of (i) 100 days after the Effective Date or (ii) 45 days
after the Filing of a proof of Claim for such General Unsecured Claim, the Creditor Oversight
Committee shall have the right to File an objection to such General Unsecured Claim.
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On or after the Effective Date, only the Reorganized Debtors, in consultation with the
Creditor Oversight Committee, may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim or any objection or
controversy relating to any Claim, without approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided, however,
that if the Creditor Oversight Committee Files an objection to such settlement or compromise within
ten Business Days of receiving written notice of such settlement or compromise, unless agreed to
otherwise by the Parties, Bankruptcy Court approval will be required.
3. Authority to Amend Schedules
The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will have the authority to amend the
Schedules with respect to any Claim and to make distributions based on such amended Schedules
without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. If any such amendment to the Schedules reduces the
amount of a Claim or changes the nature or priority of a Claim, the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor
will provide (a) the holder of such Claim and (b) the Creditors Committee or Creditor Oversight
Committee (as applicable) with notice of such amendment and such parties will have 20 days to File
an objection to such amendment with the Bankruptcy Court. If no such objection is Filed, the
applicable Disbursing Agent may proceed with distributions based on such amended Schedules without
approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
C. Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed
Distributions on account of Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims after the Effective
Date shall be made in accordance with Article VI of the Plan.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONSOLIDATION OF THE DEBTORS
A. Consolidation
Pursuant to the Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Court shall approve the consolidation of
the Consolidated Debtors solely for the purpose of implementing the Plan, including for purposes of
voting, Confirmation and distributions to be made under the Plan. Pursuant to such order: (1) all
assets and Liabilities of the Consolidated Debtors will be deemed merged; (2) all guarantees by one
Consolidated Debtor of the obligations of any other Consolidated Debtor will be deemed eliminated
so that any Claim against any Consolidated Debtor and any guarantee thereof executed by any other
Consolidated Debtor and any joint or several liability of any of the Consolidated Debtors will be
deemed to be one obligation of the Consolidated Debtors; and (3) each and every Claim Filed or to
be Filed in the Chapter 11 Case of any of the Consolidated Debtors will be deemed Filed against the
Consolidated Debtors and will be deemed one Claim against and a single obligation of the
Consolidated Debtors.
Such consolidation (other than for the purpose of implementing the Plan) shall not affect:
(1) the legal and corporate structures of the Consolidated Debtors, subject to the right of the
Consolidated Debtors to effect restructurings as provided in Section V.B; (2) pre- and
post-Effective Date guarantees, liens and security interests that are required to be maintained (a)
in connection with contracts or leases that were entered into during the Chapter 11 Cases or
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been or will be assumed or (b) pursuant to the
Plan; (3) Interests between and among the Consolidated Debtors; (4) distributions from any
insurance policies or proceeds of such policies; and (5) the revesting of assets in the separate
Reorganized Debtors pursuant to Section V.A.
B. Order Granting Consolidation
This Plan shall serve as a motion seeking entry of an order consolidating the Consolidated
Debtors, as described and to the limited extent set forth in Section VIII.A above. Unless an
objection to such consolidation is made in writing by any creditor affected by the Plan, Filed with
the Bankruptcy Court and served on the parties listed in Section X.F on or before five days before
either the Voting Deadline or such other date as may be fixed by the Bankruptcy Court, the
consolidation order (which may be the Confirmation Order) may be entered
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by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event any such objections are timely Filed, a hearing with
respect thereto shall occur at or before the Confirmation Hearing. Notwithstanding this provision,
nothing herein shall affect the obligation of each and every Debtor to pay quarterly fees to the
Office of the United States Trustee in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1930.
ARTICLE IX.
RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date,
the Bankruptcy Court will retain such jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases after the Effective
Date as is legally permissible, including jurisdiction to:
A. Allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, reduce, classify, re-classify, estimate or establish
the priority or secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest (other than the liquidation of
any Tort Claim in litigation that is Reinstated pursuant to the Plan and Asbestos Personal Injury
Claims), including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the
resolution of any objections to the amount, allowance, priority or classification of Claims or
Interests;
B. Either grant or deny any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of
expenses authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan for periods ending on or before the
Effective Date;
C. Resolve any matters related to the assumption, assumption and assignment or rejection of
any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which any Debtor is a party or with respect to which
any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may be liable and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate
any Claims arising therefrom, including any Cure Amount Claims;
D. Ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests are
accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;
E. Decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters and
any other matters and either grant or deny any applications involving any Debtor or any Reorganized
Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date or brought thereafter;
F. Enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement or consummate the
provisions of the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements or documents
entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement,
the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order;
G. Resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that may arise in connection with the
consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan, the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement
or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document that is entered into or
delivered pursuant to the Plan, the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement or any entitys rights
arising from or obligations incurred in connection with the Plan, the Creditor Oversight Committee
Agreement or such documents;
H. Modify the Plan before or after the Effective Date pursuant to section 1127 of the
Bankruptcy Code; modify the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract,
instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the
Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order; or remedy any defect or omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the
Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered
into, delivered or created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the
Confirmation Order, in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate the Plan;
I. Issue injunctions, enforce the injunctions contained in the Plan and the Confirmation
Order, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to restrain interference by any entity with consummation, implementation or enforcement
of the Plan or the Confirmation Order;
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J. Enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order
is for any reason or in any respect modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated or distributions
pursuant to the Plan are enjoined or stayed;
K. Determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the Plan, the
Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure
Statement or the Confirmation Order;
L. Enforce or clarify any orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11
Cases;
M. Enter a final decree or decrees closing the Chapter 11 Cases;
N. Determine matters concerning state, local and federal Taxes in accordance with sections
346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any Disputed Claims for Taxes;
O. Recover all assets of the Debtors and their Estates, wherever located; and
P. Hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
A. Modification of the Plan
Subject to the restrictions on alteration, amendment and modification set forth in section
1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, the New Investment Agreement, the Plan Support Agreement and Appendix
R to the Union Settlement Agreements, the Debtors reserve the right to alter, amend or modify the
Plan before the Effective Date.
B. Revocation of the Plan
The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan prior to the Confirmation Date.
If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation does not occur, then the Plan will
be null and void in all respects, and nothing contained in the Plan will: (1) constitute a waiver
or release of any claims by or against, or any Interests in, any Debtor; (2) prejudice in any
manner the rights of any Debtor or any other party in interest; or (3) constitute an admission of
any sort by any Debtor or any other party in interest.
C. Severability of Plan Provisions
If, prior to Confirmation, any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court
to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will
remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated by such
holding, alteration or interpretation. The Confirmation Order will constitute a judicial
determination and will provide that each term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been
altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is valid and enforceable pursuant to its
terms.
D. Successors and Assigns
The rights, benefits and obligations of any entity named or referred to in the Plan will be
binding on, and will inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or
assign of such entity.
E. The New Investment Agreement and Union Settlement Agreements
Nothing in this Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall be deemed to be an amendment of the New
Investment Agreement or the Union Settlement Agreements. To the extent there is a conflict between
the terms of the Plan and the New Investment Agreement and/or the Union Settlement Agreements, the
terms of the New
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Investment Agreement and/or the Union Settlement Agreements shall control; provided, however, that
to the extent there is a conflict between the terms of the Plan and the Plan Term Sheet, the terms
of the Plan shall control.
F. Service of Documents
Any pleading, notice or other document required by the Plan or the Confirmation Order to be
served on or delivered to (1) the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors; (2) the Creditors
Committee; (3) the Retiree Committee; (4) the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee; (5) Centerbridge and
CBP; or (6) the Unions must be sent by overnight delivery service, facsimile transmission, courier
service or messenger to:
1. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors
Corinne Ball, Esq.
Richard H. Engman, Esq.
JONES DAY
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212) 326-3939
Facsimile: (212) 755-7306
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Heather Lennox, Esq.
Carl E. Black, Esq.
Ryan T. Routh, Esq.
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Telephone: (216) 586-3939
Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
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Jeffrey B. Ellman, Esq.
JONES DAY
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053
Telephone: (404) 521-3939
Facsimile: (404) 581-8330
(Counsel to the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors)
2. The Creditors Committee
Thomas Moers Mayer, Esq.
Matthew J. Williams, Esq.
Stephen D. Zide, Esq.
KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 715-9100 (Telephone)
(212) 715-8000 (Facsimile)
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(Counsel to the Creditors Committee)
3. The Retiree Committee
Trent P. Cornell, Esq.
Jon Cohen, Esq.
STAHL COWEN CROWLEY LLC
55 West Monroe Street
Suite 1200
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 641-0060 (Telephone)
(312) 641-6959 (Facsimile)
(Counsel to the Retiree Committee)
4. The Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee
Kristopher M. Hansen, Esq.
Sayan Bhattacharyya, Esq.
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
(212) 806-6056 (Telephone)
(212) 806-9056 (Facsimile)
(Counsel to the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee)
5. Centerbridge and CBP
Matthew A. Feldman, Esq.
Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq.
Morris J. Massel, Esq.
WILLKIE FARR GALLAGHER LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
(212) 728-8000 (Telephone)
(212) 728-8111 (Facsimile)
(Counsel to Centerbridge and CBP)
6. The Unions
Niraj R. Ganatra, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
8000 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48214
(313) 926-5216 (Telephone)
(313) 926-5240 (Facsimile)
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Lowell Peterson, Esq.
Meyer Suozzi English & Klein PC
1350 Broadway
Suite 501
New York, New York 10018
(212) 239-4999 (Telephone)
(212) 239-1311 (Facsimile)
(Counsel to the UAW)
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David R. Jury, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
Five Gateway Center
Suite 807
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(412) 562-2400 (Telephone)
(412) 562-2574 (Facsimile)
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Babette Ceccotti, Esq.
Cohen Weiss and Simon LLP
330 West 42nd Street
New York, New York 10036
(212) 356-0227 (Telephone)
(646) 473-8227 (Facsimile)
(Counsel to the Unions)
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Respectfully submitted,
Dana Corporation, on its own behalf and on behalf
of each affiliate Debtor
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COUNSEL:
Corinne Ball (CB 8203)
Richard H. Engman (RE 7861)
JONES DAY
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212) 326-3939
Facsimile: (212) 755-7306
Heather Lennox (HL 3046)
Carl E. Black (CB 4803)
Ryan T. Routh (RR 1994)
JONES DAY
North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Telephone: (216) 586-3939
Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
Jeffrey B. Ellman (JE 5638)
JONES DAY
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053
Telephone: (404) 521-3939
Facsimile: (404) 581-8330
ATTORNEYS FOR DEBTORS
AND DEBTORS IN POSSESSION
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exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BUT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE
BANKRUPTCY COURT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN. ACCEPTANCE
OR REJECTION MAY NOT BE SOLICITED UNTIL A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY
COURT. THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT MAY BE REVISED TO REFLECT EVENTS THAT OCCUR AFTER THE DATE HEREOF
BUT PRIOR TO THE COURTS APPROVAL OF THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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Debtors.
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DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO
JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
OF DEBTORS AND DEBTORS IN POSSESSION
JONES DAY
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
(212) 326-3939
Corinne Ball, Esq. (CB 8302)
Heather Lennox, Esq. (HL 3046)
Counsel to the Debtors and
Debtors in Possession
Dated: August 31, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION |
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A. Parties Entitled to Vote on the Plan |
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B. Solicitation Package |
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C. Voting Procedures, Ballots, and Voting Deadline |
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D. Confirmation Hearing and Deadline for Objections to Confirmation |
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II. SUMMARY OF THE PLAN |
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A. Overview |
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B. Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests Under the Plan |
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III. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBTORS |
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A. The Business and Legal Proceedings |
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1. The Business |
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2. Legal Proceedings |
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B. The Debtors Prepetition Capital Structure |
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1. Prepetition Credit Facility |
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2. Bonds |
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3. Prepetition Financing Programs |
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4. Common Stock |
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C. The Winding-Up of Dana Credit Corporation and Significant Prepetition Divestitures |
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IV. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES |
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A. Factors Precipitating the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases |
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1. Reduced Sales and Increased Price Reduction Pressures |
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2. High Commodity Prices |
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3. Resulting Liquidity Issues |
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B. Prepetition Restructuring Negotiations |
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1. Realignment of Operations |
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2. Refinancing Effort |
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V. THE CHAPTER 11 CASES |
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A. Statutory Committees |
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1. The Creditors Committee |
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2. The Equity Committee |
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3. The Retiree Committee |
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4. Motion to Appoint Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants |
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B. Exclusivity |
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C. DIP Credit Agreement and Payment of Prepetition Bank Loans |
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D. DCC Liquidation |
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E. Postpetition Divestitures |
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1. Sale of Trailer Axle Business |
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2. Divestiture of Engine Products Group |
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3. Sale of Equity Interest in GETRAG |
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4. Divestiture of Fluid Products Group |
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5. Divestiture of Pump Products Business |
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Settlement Agreement with Supplier Sypris Technologies, Inc. |
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G. Overseas Operations |
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1. Pension Liability Settlement with Respect to Danas United Kingdom Subsidiaries |
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2. Restructuring of European Holdings and Entry into European Financing Agreement |
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3. Mexico |
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4. Asia |
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5. Other |
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VI. RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVES |
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A. Customer Pricing/Product Profitability |
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B. Pension, Benefit, and Labor Costs |
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C. Manufacturing Footprint |
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D. Overhead Costs |
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E. Vendors |
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VII. THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT |
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A. The Union Settlement Agreements |
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B. The Plan Support Agreement |
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C. The New Investment Agreement |
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1. Participation as Series B Investors |
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2. Subscription and Allocation of New Series B Preferred Stock |
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3. General Provisions |
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D. New Dana Holdco |
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1. Corporate Existence |
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2. Governance |
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3. New Dana Holdco Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws |
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4. Shareholders Agreement |
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5. Subscription Agreement |
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VIII. THE PLAN |
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A. General |
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B. Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests |
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TABLE
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1. Unclassified Claims |
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2. Classified Claims |
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3. Treatment of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims |
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C. Treatment of Allowed Secondary Liability Claims; Maximum Recovery |
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D. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
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1. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed |
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2. Approval of Assumptions and Assignments; Assignments
Related to Restructuring Transactions |
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3. Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases |
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4. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date |
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5. Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
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6. Bar Date for Rejection Damages |
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7. Special Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Issues |
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8. No Change in Control |
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E. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation of the Plan |
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F. Conditions Precedent to the Occurrence of the Effective Date |
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G. Retention of Jurisdiction by the Bankruptcy Court |
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IX. VOTING REQUIREMENTS |
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A. Voting Deadline |
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B. Holders of Claims or Interests Entitled to Vote |
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C. Vote Required for Acceptance by a Class |
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D. Voting Procedures |
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1. Ballots |
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2. Beneficial Owners of Old Securities |
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3. Brokerage Firms, Banks and Other Nominees |
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4. Withdrawal or Change of Votes on the Plan |
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5. Voting Multiple Claims |
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6. Voting Transferred Claims |
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X. CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN |
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A. Confirmation Hearing |
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B. Deadline to Object to Confirmation |
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C. Requirements for Confirmation of the Plan |
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1. Requirements of Section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy Code |
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2. Best Interests of Creditors |
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3. Feasibility |
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4. Requirements of Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code |
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D. Valuation of New Dana Holdco |
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XI. MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN |
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A. Effects of Confirmation of the Plan |
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1. Consolidation |
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2. Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets |
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3. Restructuring Transactions |
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4. Corporate Governance, Directors and Officers |
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5. New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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6. Employment-Related Agreements and Compensation Programs |
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7. Dissolution of Official Committees |
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8. Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors; Recovery Actions |
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9. Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies |
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10. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests |
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11. Releases |
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12. Exculpation |
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13. Injunction |
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14. Termination of Certain Subordination Rights and Settlement of Related Claims and Controversies |
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15. Creditor Oversight Committee |
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16. Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims |
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17. Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other Documentation |
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18. Release of Liens |
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19. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes |
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B. Transactions on the Effective Date |
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C. Exit Facility |
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D. Provisions Governing Distributions Under the Plan and for Resolving and Treating Contested Claims |
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1. General |
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2. Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests |
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3. Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions |
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4. Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserves |
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5. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions |
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6. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed |
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7. Distribution Record Date |
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8. Means of Cash Payments |
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10. Establishment of Reserves |
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11. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities |
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12. Withholding and Reporting Requirements |
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13. Setoffs |
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14. Application of Distributions |
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15. Treatment of Disputed Claims |
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16. No Distributions Pending Allowance |
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17. Prosecution of Objections to Claims and Authority to Amend Schedules |
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18. Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed |
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XII. ALTERNATIVES TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN |
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A. Liquidation Under Chapter 7 |
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B. Alternative Plan of Reorganization or Liquidation |
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XIV. CERTAIN RISK FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED |
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A. Certain Bankruptcy Considerations |
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1. Risk of Liquidation or Protracted Reorganization |
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2. Non-Confirmation of the Plan |
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B. Risks Relating to New Dana Holdcos Financial Condition |
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1. Historical Financial Information Will Not Be Comparable |
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2. Dana Companies U.S. Operations Might Not Be Profitable Post-Emergence |
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3. Restrictions Imposed by Indebtedness |
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4. Security Interests |
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6. Reorganized Debtors Business Plans |
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C. General Economic Risk Factors and Risks Specific to the Business of the Dana Companies |
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2. Risk that Union Settlement Agreements Are Not Implemented |
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3. The Dana Companies Asbestos-Related Product Liability Claims |
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4. Potential Adverse Impact of Environmental Compliance Costs |
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D. Risks Related to the Securities |
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1. Dividends Are Not Anticipated; Lack of Dividends May Limit Investor Demand |
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2. Risks Associated with Receipt and Ownership of New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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3. No Established Market for New Dana Holdco Common Stock; Volatility is possible |
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4. One of the New Dana Holdco Shareholders Will Acquire a Significant Degree of Influence on the Matters Presented to the Shareholders |
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B. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Debtors |
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1. Cancellation of Debt Income |
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2. Limitation on NOL Carryforwards |
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3. Alternative Minimum Tax |
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4. Restructuring Transactions |
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C. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of Claims |
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1. Definition of Securities |
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2. Holders of Claims Constituting Tax Securities |
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3. Holders of Claims Not Constituting Tax Securities |
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D. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of Interests |
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E. Certain Other Tax Considerations for Holders of Claims or Interests |
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2. Accrued but Unpaid Interest |
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3. Post-Effective Date Distributions |
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4. Reinstatement of Claims |
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5. Bad Debt and/or Worthless Securities Deduction |
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6. Market Discount |
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7. Installment Method |
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8. Information Reporting and Backup Withholding |
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F. Importance of Obtaining Professional Tax Assistance |
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B. Bankruptcy Code Exemptions from Registration Requirements |
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1. Initial Offer and Sale of Securities |
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2. Subsequent Transfers of Securities |
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3. Subsequent Transfers Under State Law |
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C. Certain Transactions by Stockbrokers |
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XVII. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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XVIII. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION |
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A:
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Plan |
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Exhibit B: |
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List of Subsidiary Debtors |
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Dana Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006 (without exhibits) and Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2007 (without exhibits) |
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Exhibit D: |
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Global Settlement Documents (Union Settlement
Agreements, Plan Support Agreement, New Investment
Agreement, and exhibits thereto) |
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Exhibit D-1: |
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USW Settlement Agreement, dated July 5, 2007, by and among Dana
Corporation, United Steelworkers, and USW Local Union 903, Local Union 9443-02, and
Local Union 113 |
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Exhibit D-2: |
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UAW Settlement Agreement, dated July 5, 2007, by and among Dana
Corporation, International Union, UAW and its Local Union 282, Local Union 771, Local
Union 1405, Local Union 1765, Local Union 3047, Local Union 644 and the UAW Local Union
representing employees at Danas Longview, TX facility |
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Exhibit D-3: |
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Amendment, dated as of July 26, 2007, to the USW Settlement Agreement,
dated July 5, 2007, by and among Dana Corporation, United Steelworkers, and USW Local
Union 903, Local Union 9443-02, and Local Union 113 |
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Exhibit D-4: |
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Amendment, dated as of July 26, 2007, to the UAW Settlement Agreement,
dated July 5, 2007, by and among Dana Corporation, International Union, UAW and its
Local Union 282, Local Union 771, Local Union 1405, Local Union 1765, Local Union 3047,
Local Union 644 and the UAW Local Union representing employees at Danas Longview, TX
facility |
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Exhibit D-5: |
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Plan Support Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2007, by and among Dana
Corporation; United Steelworkers; International Union, UAW; Centerbridge Capital
Partners, L.P.; and certain creditors of Dana Corporation |
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Exhibit D-6: |
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Investment Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2007, between Centerbridge
Capital Partners, L.P.; CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC; and Dana Corporation, and
exhibits thereto |
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Exhibit A:
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Intentionally Omitted |
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Exhibit B:
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Form of Certificate of Designation |
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Exhibit C:
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Form of Subscription Agreement |
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Exhibit D:
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Form of Shareholders Agreement |
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Exhibit E:
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Form of Series A Registration Rights Agreement |
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Exhibit F:
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Form of Series B Registration Rights Agreement |
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Exhibit G:
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Form of Series B Subscription Agreement Representations Bring-down Certificate |
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Exhibit H:
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Market Maker Agreement referenced in Exhibit B |
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Exhibit D-7: |
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Dana Corporation Plan Support Agreement Transferee Acknowledgement |
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Exhibit E: |
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Liquidation Analysis |
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Exhibit F: |
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Financial Projections |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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1113/1114 Litigation |
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28 |
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503(b)(9) Claims |
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49 |
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AAG |
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16 |
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Acquired Bond Claims |
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33 |
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Affiliate |
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33 |
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AICPA |
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68 |
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AMT |
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94 |
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AMTI |
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94 |
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Annual Limitation |
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93 |
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Appaloosa |
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30 |
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Approval and Procedures Order |
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5 |
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Arbitration |
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24 |
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ARS Program |
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15 |
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Asbestos Personal Injury Claims |
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55 |
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Asbestos Personal Injury Liabilities |
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55 |
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ASG |
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11 |
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Axle Agreements |
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22 |
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Bankruptcy Code |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Court |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Rules |
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5 |
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BMC |
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4 |
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Bondholder Claims |
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33 |
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Bondholder Record Date |
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33 |
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Bondholders |
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15 |
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Bonds |
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15 |
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Business Continuity Requirement |
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93 |
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Call Option |
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22 |
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CashPlus Plan |
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27 |
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CDE |
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13 |
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CENTERBRIDGE |
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2 |
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CEO |
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12 |
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CERCLA |
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13 |
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CFO |
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12 |
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Challenge Period |
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20 |
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Chapter 11 Cases |
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1 |
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Chrysler |
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11 |
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Claims |
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33 |
|
COD |
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93 |
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Common Control with |
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33 |
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Company |
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11 |
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Company Disclosure Letter |
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38 |
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Confirmation Hearing |
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5 |
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Contingent Interest |
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95 |
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Control |
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33 |
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Controlled by |
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33 |
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Controlling |
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33 |
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Coupled Products |
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23 |
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CUVs |
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11 |
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DAF |
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15 |
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Dana |
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1 |
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Dana Companies |
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88 |
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Dana Material Adverse Effect |
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41 |
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Dana Mauritius |
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25 |
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DCC |
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16 |
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Debtors |
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1 |
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Defense Department |
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13 |
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Demand Registration |
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46 |
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Derivative Claim |
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75 |
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DESC |
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17 |
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DIL |
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25 |
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DIP Credit Agreement |
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20 |
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DIP Order |
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20 |
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Disclosure Statement |
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1 |
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Divestiture Program |
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21 |
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DOI |
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14 |
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Dongfeng |
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25 |
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Dongfeng Dana Axle |
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25 |
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EBITDAR |
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21 |
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EPA |
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13 |
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EPA Claim |
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13 |
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Equity Committee |
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18 |
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European Purchaser |
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25 |
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European Sellers |
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25 |
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Exclusive Periods |
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20 |
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First Exclusivity Motion |
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20 |
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Ford |
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11 |
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GE |
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25 |
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GETRAG |
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22 |
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Global Settlement |
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5 |
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Global Settlement Order |
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30 |
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GM |
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11 |
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Hamilton Avenue Site |
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13 |
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HVTSG |
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11 |
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IAM |
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5 |
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IDEM |
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14 |
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Interim DIP Credit Agreement |
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20 |
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Investors |
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46 |
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IRC |
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92 |
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IRS |
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92 |
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ITAR Assets |
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23 |
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LIBOR |
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20 |
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Liquidation Analysis |
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87 |
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Loan Agreement |
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25 |
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MAHLE |
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22 |
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Master Ballot |
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4 |
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Maximum Subscription |
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36 |
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Miller Buckfire |
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70 |
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Motion to Approve |
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24 |
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Net Debt and Minority Interest |
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70 |
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New Agreement |
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24 |
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New Dana Holdco |
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2 |
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New Investment Agreement |
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6 |
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New Series A Preferred Stock |
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44 |
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New Series B Preferred Stock |
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44 |
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NOLs |
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93 |
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NSMIA |
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98 |
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OEMs |
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16 |
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Ohio EPA |
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14 |
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Old Securities |
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63 |
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Orhan |
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23 |
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Ottawa River Site |
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14 |
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OUs |
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13 |
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Ownership Change |
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93 |
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Participating Bonds |
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35 |
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Participating Claims |
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34 |
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Participating Claims Pool |
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36 |
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P-Card |
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15 |
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Person |
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34 |
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Petition Date |
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6 |
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Piggyback Registration |
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46 |
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Plan |
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1 |
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Plan Support Agreement |
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6 |
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Plan Term Sheet |
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31 |
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Prepetition Credit Facility |
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15 |
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Prepetition Lenders |
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15 |
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Primary Committees |
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18 |
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Primary Subscription |
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35 |
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Projections |
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88 |
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PSA Participants |
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31 |
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PSA Unsecured Claims |
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32 |
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QIB |
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34 |
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Qualified Bond Claims |
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34 |
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Qualified Investor |
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34 |
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Qualified Trade Claims |
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34 |
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Registrable Securities |
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46 |
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Registration Rights Agreement |
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46 |
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Re-Sourcing Motion |
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24 |
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Restructuring |
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5 |
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Restructuring Initiatives |
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26 |
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Retiree Committee |
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19 |
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RI/FS |
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13 |
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ROD |
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13 |
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RPA |
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25 |
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SEC |
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2 |
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Second Exclusivity Motion |
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20 |
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Section 16 |
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100 |
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Securities Act |
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34 |
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Shareholders Agreement |
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46 |
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Spicer Mexico |
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17 |
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SRSNE Site |
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14 |
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Subscription Agent |
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36 |
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Subscription Agreement |
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35 |
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Subscription Deadline |
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35 |
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Supply Contracts |
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23 |
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Supporting Creditors |
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5 |
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SUVs |
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11 |
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Sypris |
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23 |
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Sypris DC Claim |
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24 |
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Sypris Stipulation |
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24 |
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Sypris TTM Claim |
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24 |
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Threshold Amount |
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34 |
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Trade Claims |
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34 |
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Trade Claims Record Date |
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34 |
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Transaction Documents |
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37 |
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U.K. |
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24 |
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U.S. Trustee |
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18 |
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UAW |
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18 |
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Undersubscription Allocation |
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36 |
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Undersubscription Pool |
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36 |
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Undersubscription Subscribers |
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36 |
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Union Settlement Agreements |
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6 |
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Unions |
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5 |
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USW |
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19 |
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VEBA |
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5 |
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Voting Agent |
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4 |
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Voting Deadline |
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4 |
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I.
INTRODUCTION
Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation (Dana) and its debtor subsidiaries
(collectively with Dana, the Debtors), as debtors and debtors-in-possession in chapter 11
cases pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the
Bankruptcy Court), jointly administered under Case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (the Chapter
11 Cases), submit this disclosure statement (the Disclosure Statement) pursuant to
section 1125 of title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code), in connection
with solicitation of votes on their Joint Plan of Reorganization, dated [ ], 2007 (the
Plan), proposed by the Debtors. A copy of the Plan is attached as Exhibit A to this
Disclosure Statement.
This Disclosure Statement sets forth certain information regarding the Debtors prepetition
operating and financial history, the events leading up to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases,
significant events that have occurred during the Chapter 11 Cases, and the anticipated
organization, operations, and financing of New Dana Holdco if the Plan is confirmed and becomes
effective. This Disclosure Statement also describes terms and provisions of the Plan, including
certain effects of confirmation of the Plan, certain risk factors associated with securities to be
issued under the Plan, certain alternatives to the Plan, and the manner in which distributions will
be made under the Plan. In addition, this Disclosure Statement discusses the confirmation process
and the voting procedures that holders of Claims and Interests entitled to vote under the Plan must
follow for their votes to be counted. Certain provisions of the Plan, and the descriptions and
summaries contained therein, are the subject of continuing negotiation among the Debtors and
various parties, have not been fully agreed upon and may be modified.
Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Disclosure Statement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. Unless otherwise noted
herein, all dollar amounts provided in this Disclosure Statement and in the Plan are given in
United States dollars.
On [ ], 2007, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving this Disclosure
Statement as containing adequate information, i.e., information of a kind and in sufficient
detail to enable a hypothetical reasonable investor typical of the holders of Claims or Interests
to make an informed judgment about the Plan. THE BANKRUPTCY COURTS APPROVAL OF THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT CONSTITUTES NEITHER A GUARANTY OF THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN NOR AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE MERITS OF THE PLAN BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS INCLUDED HEREIN FOR PURPOSES OF
SOLICITING ACCEPTANCES TO, AND OBTAINING CONFIRMATION OF, THE PLAN AND MAY NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR
ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SUBJECT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEES, APPOINTED BY THE
BANKRUPTCY COURT, AND THEIR PROFESSIONALS UNDER SECTION 1102(B) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, NO PERSON
MAY GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE PLAN OR THE SOLICITATION OF
ACCEPTANCES OF THE PLAN OTHER THAN THE INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT AND ANY ACCOMPANYING LETTERS.
ALL CREDITORS AND EQUITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED AND ENCOURAGED TO READ THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
AND THE PLAN IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN. PLAN SUMMARIES AND
STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ARE QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO THE
PLAN AND THE EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES ATTACHED TO THE PLAN AND THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE
STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ARE MADE ONLY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT, AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN WILL BE CORRECT AT
ANY TIME AFTER THIS DATE.
ANY STATEMENTS IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT CONCERNING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY DOCUMENT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY COMPLETE, AND, IN EACH INSTANCE, REFERENCE IS MADE TO SUCH DOCUMENT FOR THE FULL TEXT
THEREOF. CERTAIN DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED OR REFERRED TO IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN
ATTACHED AS EXHIBITS BECAUSE OF THE IMPRACTICABILITY OF FURNISHING COPIES OF SUCH DOCUMENTS TO ALL
RECIPIENTS OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE DEBTORS WILL PROVIDE A HARD COPY OF THE PLAN AND THE
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, INCLUDING ALL EXHIBITS FILED TO DATE, TO PARTIES IN INTEREST, AT NO
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CHARGE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. IN ADDITION, THE PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT (INCLUDING
EXHIBITS) ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE VIA THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.DANA.BMCGROUP.COM AND
HTTP://WWW.DANACREDITORCOMMITTEE.COM.
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1125 OF THE UNITED
STATES BANKRUPTCY CODE AND RULE 3016 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE AND NOT
NECESSARILY IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR OTHER NON-BANKRUPTCY LAW.
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN NEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE SEC) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATOR, AND NEITHER THE SEC NOR
ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATOR HAS PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED
IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. PERSONS OR ENTITIES TRADING IN OR OTHERWISE PURCHASING, SELLING, OR
TRANSFERRING SECURITIES OF OR CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS SHOULD EVALUATE THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
AND THE PLAN IN LIGHT OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED.
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND ANY ACCOMPANYING LETTERS ARE THE ONLY DOCUMENTS TO BE USED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES ON THE PLAN. NO SOLICITATION OF VOTES MAY BE MADE EXCEPT
AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO DISTRIBUTE ANY
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PLAN ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A OTHER THAN THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND ANY ACCOMPANYING LETTERS.
SECTIONS VII.C.2, SUBSCRIPTION AND ALLOCATION OF NEW SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK AND VII.D.5,
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING RIGHTS PROVIDED TO CERTAIN
HOLDERS OF DEBT SECURITIES OR TRADE CLAIMS OF DANA WHO WILL BE ABLE TO SUBSCRIBE TO CERTAIN NEW
PREFERRED STOCK IN A NEWLY-CREATED ENTITY (NEW DANA HOLDCO) IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN.
IF YOU ARE SUCH A HOLDER, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY OF THE RIGHTS SET FORTH IN SUCH SECTION
UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A DULY EXECUTED SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION VII.D.5 HEREOF TO
CENTERBRIDGE PARTNERS, L.P. AND CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES (CENTERBRIDGE) AND DANA PRIOR
TO 5 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON THE FIFTH BUSINESS DAY AFTER DANA FILES A FORM 8-K WITH THE SEC
ANNOUNCING THE CONFIRMATION DATE.
CERTAIN OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS, BY ITS NATURE,
FORWARD-LOOKING AND CONTAINS ESTIMATES, ASSUMPTIONS, AND PROJECTIONS THAT MAY BE MATERIALLY
DIFFERENT FROM ACTUAL FUTURE RESULTS. THE WORDS BELIEVE, MAY, WILL, ESTIMATE, CONTINUE,
ANTICIPATE, INTEND, EXPECT, AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS IDENTIFY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND
ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED IN SECTION XIV, CERTAIN RISK FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED. IN
LIGHT OF THESE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, THE FORWARD-LOOKING EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES DISCUSSED IN
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR, AND ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE
ANTICIPATED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. NEITHER THE DEBTORS NOR THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS
UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY UPDATE OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHETHER AS A
RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.
EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY NOTED, THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT AND IN ITS EXHIBITS HAS NOT BEEN AUDITED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND HAS NOT
BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING DANA IS CONTAINED IN ITS PUBLIC FILINGS WITH THE SEC.
AS TO CONTESTED MATTERS, ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS OR THREATENED ACTIONS, THIS
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE OR BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION OF ANY FACT OR LIABILITY,
STIPULATION OR WAIVER, BUT RATHER AS A STATEMENT MADE IN SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT SHALL NOT BE ADMISSIBLE IN
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ANY NON-BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, NOR SHALL IT BE CONSTRUED TO BE CONCLUSIVE ADVICE ON THE TAX,
SECURITIES OR OTHER LEGAL EFFECTS OF THE PLAN AS TO HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AGAINST, OR INTERESTS IN,
EITHER THE DEBTORS OR THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS.
A. Parties Entitled to Vote on the Plan
Under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, not all parties in interest are entitled to vote
on a chapter 11 plan. Creditors or equity interest holders whose claims or interests are not
impaired by a plan are deemed to accept the plan under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and
are not entitled to vote. Creditors or equity interest holders whose claims or interests are
impaired by the Plan, but will receive no distribution under the Plan, are not entitled to vote
either because they are deemed to have rejected the Plan under section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy
Code. For a discussion of these matters, see Section IX, Voting Requirements and Section X,
Confirmation of the Plan.
The following sets forth which classes are entitled to vote on the Plan and which are not:
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The Debtors are not seeking votes from the holders of Claims in Class 1A (Priority
Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors), Class 1B (Priority Claims Against EFMG),
Class 2A (Secured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors Other Than the Port Authority
Secured Claim), Class 2B (Secured Claims Against EFMG), Class 3 (Asbestos Personal
Injury Claims), Class 4 (Convenience Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors), Class 5A
(General Unsecured Claims against EFMG), Class 6B (Claims of Wholly-Owned and
Majority-Owned Non-Debtor Affiliates Other than DCC) and from the holders of Interests
in Class 8 (Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests), because the Debtors believe those
Claims and Interests are not impaired by the Plan. These holders will be deemed to
have voted to accept the Plan. |
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Although holders of Claims in Class 6A (Prepetition Intercompany Claims) will be
impaired under the Plan, each holder of a Claim in Class 6A will be deemed to have
accepted the Plan and, therefore, will not have the right to vote with respect to the
Plan. |
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The Debtors are seeking votes from the holders of Allowed Claims in Class 2C (Port
Authority Secured Claim), Class 5B (5.85% Bond Claims), Class 5C (6.5% or 7% Bond
Claims), Class 5D (9% Bond Claims), Class 5E (10.125% Bond Claims), Class 5F (Other
General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors), Class 5G (Union Claim),
Class 6C (DCC Claim) and Class 7B (Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims Against the
Consolidated Debtors), and from the holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A (Old
Common Stock of Dana Interests) because those Claims and Interests are impaired under
the Plan, and the holders of Allowed Claims or Interests in such Classes are receiving
a distribution under the Plan on account of such Allowed Claims or Interests. The
holders of such Claims and Interests will have the right to vote to accept or reject
the Plan. |
For a detailed description of the Classes of Claims and Interests and their treatment under
the Plan, see Section VIII.B, Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests.
B. Solicitation Package
The Solicitation Package will contain:
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A cover letter describing (a) the content of the Solicitation Package, [(b) the
content of any enclosed CD-ROM and instructions for use of such CD-ROM and (c)
information about how to obtain, at no charge, paper copies of any materials provided
on such CD-ROM;] |
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A paper copy of the Confirmation Hearing Notice; |
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3. |
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A paper copy of, or CD-ROM containing, the Disclosure Statement together with
the exhibits thereto, including the Plan, that have been filed with the Bankruptcy
Court before the date of the mailing; |
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Paper copies of any letters from the Debtors and other constituencies
recommending acceptance of the Plan; and |
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One or more Ballots and a return envelope (Ballots are provided only to holders
of Claims in Classes 2C, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, 5G, 6C, and 7B and Interests in Class 7A,
the Classes of Claims and Interests that are entitled to vote on the Plan). |
The Debtors will provide a hard copy of the Plan and the Disclosure Statement, including all
exhibits filed to date, to parties in interest, at no charge, upon written request. In addition,
the Plan and the Disclosure Statement (including exhibits) are available at no charge via the
internet at http://www.dana.bmcgroup.com and http://www.danacreditorcommittee.com.
C. Voting Procedures, Ballots, and Voting Deadline
If you are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan, a Ballot is enclosed for the purpose
of voting on the Plan. Please vote and return your Ballot(s) to the Voting Agent unless you are a
beneficial owner of a security who receives a Ballot from a broker, bank, dealer or other agent or
nominee, in which case you must return the Ballot to that broker, bank, dealer or other agent or
nominee.
After carefully reviewing the Plan, this Disclosure Statement, the Approval and Procedures
Order (as defined below) and the detailed instructions accompanying your Ballot, please indicate
your acceptance or rejection of the Plan by voting in favor of or against the Plan. In order for
your vote to be counted, you must complete and sign your original Ballot (copies will not be
accepted) and return it in the envelope provided. Except with respect to Ballots used by brokers,
banks, dealers or other agents or nominees for summarizing votes cast by beneficial owners holding
securities (each, a Master Ballot), no Ballots may be submitted by facsimile or
electronic mail, and any Ballots submitted by facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted by
the Voting Agent.
Each Ballot has been coded to reflect the Class of Claims or Interests it represents.
Accordingly, in voting to accept or reject the Plan, you must use only the coded Ballot or Ballots
sent to you with this Disclosure Statement.
If you hold Claims in more than one voting Class, or hold multiple Claims, or hold Claims and
Interests, you may receive more than one Ballot. In order for your vote to be counted, your Ballot
must be properly completed in accordance with the voting instructions on the Ballot and received no
later than [ ], 2007, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) (the Voting Deadline) by The
BMC Group, Inc. (BMC), via (a) regular mail at Dana Voting Agent, The BMC Group, P.O. Box
952, El Segundo, CA 90245-0952, or (b) delivery or courier at Dana Voting Agent, BMC Group, Inc.,
1330 E. Franklin Ave., El Segundo, CA 90245 (the Voting Agent). Do not return any debt
instruments or equity securities with your Ballot.
If you are a holder of a Claim or Interest who is entitled to vote on the Plan and did not
receive a Ballot, received a damaged Ballot or lost your Ballot, or if you have any questions
concerning the Disclosure Statement, the Plan or the procedures for voting on the Plan, please
contact BMC by (a) regular mail at Dana Voting Agent, The BMC Group, P.O. Box 952, El Segundo, CA
90245-0952, (b) delivery or courier at Dana Voting Agent, BMC Group, Inc., 1330 E. Franklin Ave.,
El Segundo, CA 90245, or (c) toll-free telephone for U.S. callers at (888) 819-7916 (Dana
Employee/Retiree Line) or (888) 819-7921 (Dana Vendor Line and General Line), and for international
callers, call +1-310-321-5587 (Dana Employee/Retiree Line) or +1-310-321-5573 (Dana Vendor Line and
General Line).
If you have any questions about the procedure for voting your Claim, the packet of materials
that you have received, the amount of your Claim, or if you wish to obtain a paper copy of this
Disclosure Statement and its appendices and exhibits, please contact the Voting Agent at the
address set forth above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS ON VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN, SEE SECTION
IX, VOTING REQUIREMENTS.
Before voting on the Plan, each holder of a Claim in Classes 2C, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, 5G, 6C,
and 7B or an Interest in Class 7A should read, in its entirety, this Disclosure Statement, the
Plan, the Approval and Procedures Order, the Notice of Confirmation Hearing, and the instructions
accompanying the Ballots. These documents contain important information concerning how Claims and
Interests are classified for voting purposes and how votes will be tabulated.
D. Confirmation Hearing and Deadline for Objections to Confirmation
The Bankruptcy Code requires the Bankruptcy Court, after notice, to hold a hearing on whether
the Debtors have fulfilled the Confirmation requirements of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
The Approval and Procedures Order (the
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Approval and Procedures Order), which, among other things, approves this Disclosure
Statement as containing adequate information, establishes the voting procedures, schedules a
hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan (the Confirmation Hearing), and sets the
voting deadline and the deadline for objection to confirmation of the Plan. The Confirmation
Hearing has been scheduled for [ ], 2007 at [ ] .m., Eastern Time, before the Honorable
Burton F. Lifland, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York, in the
Judges usual courtroom at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York, located at 1 Bowling Green, New York, New York 10004. The Confirmation Hearing may be
adjourned from time to time by the Bankruptcy Court without further notice, except for an
announcement of the adjourned date made at the Confirmation Hearing or at any subsequent adjourned
Confirmation Hearing.
Any objection to Confirmation must be made in writing and must specify in detail (1) the name
and address of the objector, (2) all grounds for the objection and (3) the amount of the Claim or
Interest held by the objector. Any such objections must be Filed and served upon the persons
designated in the notice of the Confirmation Hearing in the manner and by the deadline described
therein.
II.
SUMMARY OF THE PLAN
The following Plan summary is a general overview only, which is qualified in its entirety by,
and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed discussions, information and financial
statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Disclosure Statement and the Plan.
This Disclosure Statement contains, among other things, descriptions and summaries of
provisions of the Plan being proposed by the Debtors. The Debtors reserve the right to modify the
Plan consistent with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Rule 3019 of the Federal Rules of
Bankruptcy Procedure (the Bankruptcy Rules).
A. Overview
The Plan implements both (1) the Debtors restructuring as a sustainable, viable business
through several restructuring initiatives that were undertaken during the Chapter 11 Cases (the
Restructuring) and (2) a global settlement (the Global Settlement) among the
Debtors and, respectively, the UAW and the USW (collectively, the Unions), and involving
Centerbridge as well as several creditors (the Supporting Creditors) as the New Equity
Investors, on terms that provide significant value to the Debtors, their creditors and other
stakeholders. Both the Restructuring and the Global Settlement are essential to the success of the
Debtors reorganization and the viability of their businesses following the Effective Date of the
Plan.
The Restructuring required the simultaneous implementation of several distinct reorganization
initiatives and the cooperation of the Debtors key business constituencies: customers, vendors,
employees and retirees. In particular, the Debtors had to: (1) negotiate substantial price
increases with their customers that, when fully implemented, are expected to be approximately $180
million on an annual basis; (2) recover, or otherwise compensate for, increased material costs
through renegotiation or rejection of various customer programs and improvement of vendor terms;
(3) achieve a permanent reduction and realignment of overhead costs that, when fully implemented,
will approximate between $40 and $50 million annually; (4) restructure their wage and benefit
programs to create an appropriate sustainable labor and benefit cost structure; and (5) address the
excessive costs and funding requirements of the legacy pension and other post-retirement benefit
liabilities accumulated over the past several decades, in part from prior divestitures and closed
operations. Moreover, in order for the restructuring to be effective in the long-term, the Debtors
must optimize their manufacturing footprint by substantially repositioning manufacturing to lower
cost countries. See Restructuring Initiatives for a more detailed overview.
The Debtors objectives to restructure their wages and benefit programs and to address their
legacy pension and other post-employment benefit obligations were reached through: (1) the Global
Settlement, in which all issues in the Chapter 11 Cases between the Debtors, the UAW and the USW
were resolved, and Centerbridge and the Supporting Creditors committed to invest up to $750 million
in New Dana Holdco; (2) the settlement with respect to the International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers (the IAM) involvement in the 1113/1114 Litigation (as defined
below); (3) the Bankruptcy Courts order authorizing the Debtors to terminate the non-pension
retiree benefits of all active non-union workers in the United States, effective April 1, 2007; and
(4) the settlement between the Debtors and the Retiree Committee (as defined below) of a portion of
the 1113/1114 Litigation pursuant to which the Debtors agreed to
fund a Voluntary Employee Benefit Association (VEBA) trust (which is a tax-exempt
trust that can be used to provide certain
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benefits to participants and their beneficiaries) through
an initial contribution of $25 million and a final contribution, on or before the Effective Date,
of $53.8 million. The Global Settlement is implemented in:
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two labor settlements reached with the Unions (as amended, the Union
Settlement Agreements) that provide for, among other things, the elimination of
the Debtors non-pension retiree benefits obligations and the creation and funding of
two VEBA trusts to provide non-pension retiree benefits and certain long-term
disability benefits, a freezing of the current defined benefit pension plans, specified
contributions to a USW pension trust and a defined-contribution plan, institution of
consumer-driven healthcare programs for active unionized employees with sharing of
medical inflation costs, a competitive two-tier wage structure, elimination of
liability for existing long-term disability benefits, elimination of cost of living
wage increases, buyouts of certain high-wage employees, cost-saving changes to work
rules and an agreement on plant closings, work movement and other manufacturing
footprint changes. The Union Settlement Agreements are premised upon, among other
things, certain understandings related to the capitalization of the Reorganized Debtors
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the Plan Support Agreement among Dana, the Unions, Centerbridge and the
Supporting Creditors (the Plan Support Agreement) in which the Debtors agreed
to propose and prosecute a plan of reorganization containing certain terms that the
Debtors, the Unions, Centerbridge and the Supporting Creditors consider essential to
the Debtors emergence from bankruptcy as a viable, going concern capable of achieving
profitable U.S. operations; and |
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the New Investment Agreement, dated July 26, 2007, between Dana and
Centerbridge (the New Investment Agreement) that contains the terms and
conditions governing the issuance of New Preferred Stock by New Dana Holdco in exchange
for an investment of up to $750 million by, among other investors, Centerbridge. See
The Global Settlement. |
B. Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests Under the Plan
Except for Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims, which are not required to be
classified, all Claims and Interests that existed on March 3, 2006 (the Petition Date)
are divided into classes under the Plan. The following summarizes the treatment of the classified
Claims and Interests under the Plan.
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Class 1 Priority Claims: Consist of all Claims
entitled to priority in payment pursuant to
section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code that are not
Administrative Claims or Priority Tax Claims.
Class 1A consists of Priority Claims against the
Consolidated Debtors. Class 1B consists of
Priority Claims against EFMG.
Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $1.0 million
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class 1A or 1B will receive Cash
equal to the amount of such Allowed Claim.
Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Classes 2A Secured Claims Against the
Consolidated Debtors Other Than the Port Authority
Secured Claim:
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class 2A will, at the election
of the applicable Debtor, (A) receive payment in
Cash in full, (B) have its Allowed Claim Reinstated,
or (C) receive the collateral securing such Allowed
Claim. The applicable Debtor will be deemed to have
elected Option B except with respect to (1) any
Allowed Secured Claim as to which the applicable
Debtor elects either Option A or Option C in one or
more certifications Filed prior to the conclusion of
the Confirmation Hearing and (2) any Allowed Secured
Tax Claim, with respect to which the applicable
Debtor will be deemed to have elected Option A.
Holders of an Allowed Secured Tax Claim in Class 2A
will not be entitled to receive any payment on
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such Allowed Secured Tax Claim. Any
such Claim or demand for any such penalty will be
subject to treatment in Class 5F, if not
subordinated to Class 5F Claims pursuant to an order
of the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of an Allowed
Secured Tax Claim will not assess or attempt to
collect such penalty from the Debtors, Reorganized
Debtors or their respective property (other than as
a holder of a Class 5F Claim). |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $4.0 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Classes 2B Secured Claims Against EFMG:
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class 2B will, at the election
of EFMG, (A) receive payment in Cash in full, (B)
have its Allowed Claim Reinstated, or (C) receive
the collateral securing such Allowed Claim. EFMG
will be deemed to have elected Option B except with
respect to (a) any Allowed Secured Claim as to which
EFMG elects either Option A or Option C in one or
more certifications Filed prior to the conclusion of
the Confirmation Hearing and (b) any Allowed Secured
Tax Claim, with respect to which EFMG will be deemed
to have elected Option A. Holders of an Allowed
Secured Tax Claim in Class 2B will not be entitled
to receive any payment on account of any penalty
arising with respect to or in connection with such
Allowed Secured Tax Claim. Any such Claim or demand
for any such penalty will be subject to treatment in
Class 5A, if not subordinated to Class 5A Claims
pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court. The
holder of an Allowed Secured Tax Claim will not
assess or attempt to collect such penalty from the
Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or their respective
property (other than as a holder of a Class 5A
Claim). |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $0
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Class 2C Port Authority Secured Claim: Means
the Port Authoritys $18.875 million Secured Claim
against Debtor Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC,
Allowed pursuant to the Port Authority Settlement
Order.
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Impaired. On or as soon as practicable after the
Effective Date, the Port Authority Secured Claim in
Class 2C will be satisfied by: (a) Reorganized
Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC entering into and
assuming as amended the Port Authority Lease in the
form attached to the Port Authority Settlement
Agreement as Exhibit 1, (b) New Dana Holdco
executing and delivering an amended guaranty in the
form attached to the Port Authority Settlement
Agreement as Exhibit 2 and (c) Reorganized
Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC and New Dana
Holdco executing and delivering any other agreements
necessary to implement the Port Authority Settlement
Agreement. |
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Aggregate Allowed Amount: $18.875 million
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Aggregate Percentage Recovery: 95% |
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Class 3 Asbestos Personal Injury Claims:
Consist of all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, the Asbestos
Personal Injury Claims will be Reinstated.
Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Class 4 Convenience Claims Against the
Consolidated
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Debtors: Consist of General
Unsecured Claims against any of the Consolidated
Debtors that otherwise would be classified in
Class 5F, but, with respect to each such Claim,
either (1) the amount of such Claim is equal to or
less than $5,000 or (2) is reduced to $5,000
pursuant to an election by the Claim holder made
on the Ballot provided for voting on the Plan by
the Voting Deadline.
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Allowed Convenience Claim will receive Cash equal
to the amount of such Allowed Claim (as reduced, if
applicable, pursuant to an election by the Claim
holder in accordance with Section I.A.54 of the
Plan). |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $10.0 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Class 5A General Unsecured Claims Against EFMG: Consist of all Claims against EFMG that are not
Administrative Claims, Cure Amount Claims,
Priority Claims, Priority Tax Claims or Secured
Claims, including all liabilities related to real
property not owned or leased by the Debtors as of
the Petition Date.
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class 5A will receive Cash equal
to the amount of such Allowed Claim. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $3.0 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Class 5B 5.85% Bond Claims: Consist of any
Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by the
1997 Indenture, including any Claims pursuant to
any guaranty agreement.
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Impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B
will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the principal amount of each
holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $462.1 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 69% 90%1 |
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Class 5C 6.5% or 7% Bond Claims: Consist of any
Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by the
2001 Indenture, including any Claims pursuant to
any guaranty agreement.
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Impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5C
will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the principal amount of each
holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $953.2 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 69% 90%1 |
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Class 5D 9% Bond Claims: Consist of any Claim
against a Debtor under or evidenced by the 2002
Indenture, including any Claims pursuant to any
guaranty agreement.
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Impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5D
will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each
holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $128.4 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 69% 90%1 |
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Class 5E 10.125% Bond Claims: Consist of any
Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by the
2004 Indenture, including any Claims pursuant to
any guaranty agreement.
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Impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5E
will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, |
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Description and Amount |
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based upon the principal amount of each
holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $77.0 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 69% 90%1 |
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Class 5F Other General Unsecured Claims Against
Consolidated Debtors: Consist of all General
Unsecured Claims against the Consolidated Debtors
not otherwise classified by the Plan.
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Impaired. In full satisfaction of its Allowed
Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5F
will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the principal amount of each
holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after
the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $879.3
million to $1,629.3 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 69% 90%1 |
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Class 5G Union Claim: Consists of the Claim of
the Unions arising out of the Union Settlement
Agreements and asserted by the Unions in the
aggregate amount of $1,100 million.
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Impaired. On the Effective Date, in full
satisfaction of the Union Claim, the Debtors will
make the UAW Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW
Retiree VEBA Contribution. |
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Estimated Aggregate Amount: $1,100 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 69% |
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Class 6A Prepetition Intercompany Claims:
Consist of any Claim by any Debtor against another
Debtor.
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Impaired. On the Effective Date, Prepetition
Intercompany Claims in Class 6A that are not
eliminated by operation of law in the Restructuring
Transactions will be deemed settled, and compromised
in exchange for the consideration and other benefits
provided to the holders of Prepetition Intercompany
Claims and not entitled to any distribution of Plan
consideration under the Plan. Each holder of a
Class 6A Claim will be deemed to have accepted the
Plan. Class 6A Claims are impaired. |
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 0% |
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Class 6B Claims of Wholly-Owned and
Majority-Owned Non-Debtor Affiliates Other than
DCC: Consist of all Claims of wholly-owned and
majority-owned non-Debtor direct or indirect
subsidiaries of Dana other than DCC.
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, Claims of
Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned Non-Debtor
Affiliates Other than DCC against the Debtors will
be Reinstated. |
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
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Class 6C DCC Claim: Consists of the $325
million General Unsecured Claim against Dana,
Allowed pursuant to the Order Approving Settlement
Agreement among the Debtors and Dana Credit
Corporation (Docket No. 4199), entered on November
30, 2006.
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Impaired. On the Effective Date, in full
satisfaction of the DCC Claim, the Reorganized
Debtors will satisfy in Cash DCCs outstanding
liability under the DCC Bonds. |
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Aggregate Claim Amount: $325 million
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 35% |
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Assumes a range of total General Unsecured
Claims from $2,500 million to $3,250 million, with $3,250 million being the cap
on General Unsecured Claims pursuant to the New Investment Agreement. |
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Description and Amount |
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of Claims or Interests |
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Class 7A Old Common Stock of Dana Interests:
Consist of all Interests in respect of the Old
Common Stock of Dana.
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Impaired. On the Effective Date, the Old Common
Stock of Dana and all Interests related thereto will
be canceled, and each holder of an Allowed Interest
in Class 7A will receive, in full satisfaction of
such Allowed Interest, a contingent, residual
interest in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets that will entitle each holder of an Allowed
Interest in Class 7A to receive, to the extent
holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E
and 5F have been paid in full plus Postpetition
Interest, its Pro Rata share, based upon the number
of shares of Old Common Stock of Dana (a) owned by
the holder on the Distribution Record Date and (b)
to which the holder would have been entitled upon
the conversion of any related Interests owned on the
Distribution Record Date and taking into account
Allowed Claims in Class 7B, of any remaining
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets. |
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Old Common Stock Outstanding at July 31, 2007: |
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150,202,981 shares
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 0% |
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Class 7B Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims
Against the Consolidated Debtors: Consist of
Claims against any of the Debtors of the type
described in section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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Impaired. Holders of Section 510(b) Old Common
Stock Claims in Class 7B will receive, in full
satisfaction of such Allowed Claim, a contingent,
residual interest in the Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve Assets that will entitle each holder of an
Allowed Claim in Class 7B to receive, to the extent
holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E
and 5F have been paid in full plus Postpetition
Interest, its Pro Rata share (taking into account
Allowed Interests in Class 7A) of any remaining
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets. |
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 0% |
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Class 8 Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests:
Consist of, as to a particular Subsidiary Debtor,
any Interests in such Debtor held directly or
indirectly by Dana.
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, the Subsidiary
Debtor Equity Interests will be Reinstated, subject
to the Restructuring Transactions. |
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 100% |
If New Dana Holdco is valued at the midpoint reorganization value of $3,996 million,
recoveries to unsecured creditors in classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F would be the following:
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Between $2.5 billion and $2.75 billion |
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Between $2.75 billion and $3 billion |
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Between $3 billion and $3.25 billion |
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III.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBTORS
A. The Business and Legal Proceedings
1. The Business
The Debtors and their non-Debtor affiliates (the Company) are leading suppliers of
axle, driveshaft, structural, sealing, thermal management and related products for global vehicle
manufacturers. The Companys world corporate headquarters are located at 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo,
Ohio 43615, and its internet address is www.dana.com. The Company employed approximately
40,000 people at June 30, 2007 and operates in 28 countries worldwide. The Company serves three
primary markets, as follows:
(a) Light Vehicle Market. The Company designs and manufactures light axles, driveshafts,
structural products, chassis, steering and suspension components, engine sealing products,
thermal management products and related service parts for light trucks (including pick-up
trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), vans, crossover utility vehicles
(CUVs)) and passenger cars.
(b) Commercial Vehicle Market. The Company designs and manufactures axles, driveshafts,
chassis and suspension modules, ride controls and related modules and systems, engine
sealing products, thermal management products and related service parts for medium and heavy
duty trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles.
(c) Off-Highway Market. The Company designs and manufactures axles, transaxles,
driveshafts, brakes, suspension components, transmissions, electronic controls, related
modules and systems, engine sealing products and related service parts for construction
machinery and leisure/utility vehicles and outdoor power, agricultural, mining, forestry and
material handling equipment and for a variety of non-vehicular, industrial applications.
The Company has aligned its businesses into two primary business units: (a) the Automotive
Systems Group (ASG), which sells products mostly into the light vehicle market, and (b)
the Heavy Vehicle Technologies and Systems Group (HVTSG), that sells products to the
commercial vehicle and off-highway markets. The ASG is organized into five individual operating
segments specializing in the following product lines: Light Axle Products, Driveshaft Products,
Sealing Products, Thermal Products and Structural Products. The ASG recorded sales of $5,567
million in 2006, with Ford Motor Company (Ford), General Motors Corporation
(GM) and Chrysler LLC (Chrysler) among its largest customers. At June 30,
2007, the ASG employed approximately 27,000 people. The HVTSG is organized to serve specific
markets and is comprised of two operating segments: Commercial Vehicle and Off-Highway, each of
which focuses on specific markets. The HVTSG generated sales of $2,914 million in 2006. In 2006,
the largest Commercial Vehicle customers were PACCAR Inc, Navistar International Inc. and Volvo
Truck Corporation. The largest Off-Highway customers included Deere & Company, Caterpillar Inc.
and AGCO Corporation. At June 30, 2007, the HVTSG employed approximately 7,000 people. In
addition to the employees in the ASG and HVTSG, the Company employs several thousand employees in,
among others, operations that are classified as discontinued operations and the corporate
headquarters.
The Company has strategic alliances that strengthen its marketing, manufacturing and
product-development capabilities, broaden its product portfolio and help it better serve its
diverse and global customer base. For more information, see Danas Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2006, attached hereto as Exhibit C.
2. Legal Proceedings
Dana and certain other Debtors are parties to various pending judicial and administrative
proceedings that arose in the ordinary course of business. While the Debtors are under chapter 11
bankruptcy protection, most legal proceedings that were or could have been commenced against the
Debtors prior to the Petition Date are stayed by operation of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are
also cooperating with a formal investigation by the SEC. The following describes legal proceedings
that were pending prior to the Petition Date. For a description of certain legal proceedings
commenced after the Petition Date, see The Chapter 11 CasesCase Administration and Related
Activities.
a. Class Action Lawsuit and Derivative Actions
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A securities class action entitled Howard Frank v. Michael J. Burns and Robert C. Richter was
originally filed in October 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio,
naming Danas Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Burns, and its former Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), Mr. Richter, as defendants. In a consolidated complaint filed in August
2006, the lead plaintiff alleged violations of the United States securities laws and claimed that
the price at which Danas shares traded at various times between April 2004 and October 2005 was
artificially inflated as a result of the defendants alleged wrongdoing. By order dated June 14,
2007 (as amended on June 18, 2007), the U.S. District Court denied the lead plaintiffs motion for
an order partially lifting the statutory discovery stay and, by order dated August 21, 2007, the
Court granted the defendants motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint and entered a judgment
closing the case. Among other things, the Court held that the consolidated complaint failed to set
forth facts to support a strong inference that any of the misstatements or omissions alleged
against defendants arose as a result of intentional or reckless misconduct on their part,
concluding as follows: [A]n assessment of all the factors, coupled with the absence of specific
facts in the context of otherwise conclusory allegations, persuades me that plaintiff has failed
adequately to allege scienter.
A shareholder derivative action entitled Roberta Casden v. Michael J. Burns et al. was
originally filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in March 2006 on
behalf of a class of Danas shareholders. An amended complaint filed in August 2006 added
non-derivative class claims alleging, among other things, that Danas bankruptcy filing had been
made in bad faith. By order dated June 29, 2006, the Court stayed the derivative claims, deferring
to the Bankruptcy Court on those claims. By order dated July 13, 2007, the Court dismissed the
non-derivative class claims asserted in the amended complaint and entered a judgment closing the
case. Among other things, the Court held that those claims were preempted by Danas Chapter 11
case, concluding that it is distinctly the province of bankruptcy law to determine liability for
improper actions relating to bankruptcy filings. By notice of appeal dated August 10, 2007, the
plaintiff has appealed that judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
A second shareholder derivative action, Steven Staehr v. Michael J. Burns, et al., remains pending
in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, but is stayed.
b. SEC Investigation
In September 2005, Dana reported that management was investigating accounting matters arising
out of incorrect entries related to a customer agreement in its Commercial Vehicle operations and
that its Audit Committee had engaged outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation of
these matters. Outside counsel informed the SEC of the investigation, which ended in December
2005. In January 2006, Dana learned that the SEC had issued a formal order of investigation with
respect to matters related to the restatements2 of Danas financial statements for the
first two quarters of 2005 and fiscal years 2002 through 2004. The SECs investigation is a
non-public, fact-finding inquiry to determine whether any violations of the law have occurred.
This investigation has not been suspended as a result of the Debtors bankruptcy filing, and the
Debtors continue to cooperate fully with the SEC in the investigation.
c. Legal Proceedings Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business
The Debtors are party to various pending judicial and administrative proceedings arising in
the ordinary course of business. These include, among others, proceedings based on product
liability claims and alleged violations of environmental laws.
(i) Asbestos-Related Product Liabilities
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As described in Danas Form 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q
filings with the SEC, senior management discovered an unsupported asset sale
transaction in Danas Commercial Vehicle business unit. In September 2005,
management initiated an investigation into the matter, found other incorrect
accounting entries related to a customer agreement within Danas Commercial
Vehicle business unit and informed the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors. Thereafter, the Audit Committee engaged outside counsel to conduct
an independent investigation of the situation. The independent investigation
included interviews with nearly 100 present and former employees with
operational and financial management responsibilities for Danas business
units. The investigations also included a review and assessment of accounting
transactions identified through the interview process and through other work
performed by Dana and the independent investigators engaged by the Audit
Committee. The independent investigators also reviewed and assessed certain
items identified as part of the annual audit performed by Danas independent
registered public accounting firm. In announcements during October and
November 2005, Dana reported the preliminary findings of the ongoing management
and Audit Committee investigations, including the determination that Dana would
restate its consolidated financial statements for the first and second quarters
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The Debtors have been named as defendants in a large number of lawsuits relating to the
alleged exposure of people to asbestos. Under the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors pending
asbestos-related product liability lawsuits, as well as any new lawsuits against the Debtors
alleging asbestos-related product-liability claims, have been stayed during the reorganization
process. The September 21, 2006 bar date to file proofs of claim did not apply to claimants
alleging asbestos-related personal injury claims, but it was the deadline for claimants (including
insurers) who are not one of the allegedly injured individuals or their personal representatives to
file proofs of claim with respect to other types of asbestos-related claims.
The Debtors had approximately 72,000 active pending asbestos-related product liability claims
at June 30, 2007, including approximately 6,000 that were settled but awaiting final documentation
and payment, and an additional approximately 84,000 claims that are on inactive dockets because the
claimant has not manifested a disease. At June 30, 2007, the Debtors had recorded $71 million as
an asset for probable recovery from their insurers for both the pending asbestos-related product
liability claims and projected demands.
(ii) Environmental Proceedings
United Stated Environmental Protection Agency
Among other proceedings, the Debtors are involved in an environmental proceeding under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 9601-9675 (CERCLA), in connection with the Hamilton Avenue Industrial Park site in
South Plainfield, New Jersey (the Hamilton Avenue Site), where the Debtors presently are
one of a small number of potentially responsible parties. In September 2006, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) and other federal agencies filed a proof of
claim for alleged liabilities relating to, among other things, the Hamilton Avenue Site (the
EPA Claim), seeking an unliquidated amount in excess of $250 million with respect to this
site.
The Hamilton Avenue Site is the location of the first Dana manufacturing facility, which
operated there from approximately 1904 until 1928. The site was leased to Cornell-Dubilier
Electronics, Inc. (CDE), a manufacturer of PCB-containing electrical components, from
1936 until 1956, when Dana sold the property to CDE. CDE continued to operate at the Hamilton
Avenue Site until the early 1960s, when it sold the site to the present owner, a property
management firm. During part of the period when CDE leased the property from Dana, the United
States Department of Defense and its predecessor, the War Department (collectively, the
Defense Department), actively utilized the Hamilton Avenue Site for manufacturing
activities in support of the United States governments efforts in World War II. During the war
years, operations at the site were directed by the United States government through the Defense
Department.
Danas alleged liability at the Hamilton Avenue Site arises solely as a result of its passive
ownership of the site during a period of time when CDE allegedly caused PCB and related
contamination.
The EPA began its evaluation of the Hamilton Avenue Site in the late 1990s when the site was
added to the National Priorities List. The site is divided into the following four operable units
(OUs): (A) OU-1, relating to soil contamination remaining following earlier removal
action; (B) OU-2, relating to on-site soil and building contamination; (C) OU-3, relating to
groundwater; and (D) OU-4, relating to off-site soil sediments in the vicinity of the Bound Brook.
The EPA issued Records of Decision (ROD) for OU-1, which identified the EPAs proposed
remedy relating to off-site soil contamination. The EPA Claim includes an estimated cost recovery
claim of $3.5 million for OU-1. In 2004, the EPA issued a ROD for OU-2, identifying a remedy that
ignored comments submitted by Dana and CDE to the proposed plan related to technical feasibility
and implementation concerns. The EPA Claim includes an estimated cost recovery claim of $89.5
million for OU-2. Work done for both OU-1 and OU-2 is in the initial stages.
The OU-3 remedial investigation/feasibility study (the RI/FS) work is ongoing. Work
on the RI/FS for OU-4 has not yet been initiated. As a result, the administrative record for OU-3
or OU-4 remains incomplete. No remedy has been selected for either OU-3 or OU-4. The EPA Claim
includes estimated cost recovery claims of $25 million and $55 million for OU-3 and OU-4,
respectively, plus additional indirect costs of $50 million.
With respect to the Hamilton Avenue Site, the EPA Claim also identifies civil penalties of
approximately $13.1 million, punitive damages estimated by EPA to be $3.5 million, stipulated
penalties of $200,000 and a natural resource damage claim estimated by the United States government
to be in the range of $20 million to $37 million.
The liabilities asserted in the EPA Claim relating to the Hamilton Avenue Site constitute
prepetition liabilities subject to treatment as general unsecured claims under the Plan. Absent a
negotiated resolution of the EPA Claim, it is
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expected that the claim will be addressed through
legal proceedings under the claims process in these cases, where the validity and amounts of the
asserted claims will have to be substantiated. In any such proceedings, the Debtors anticipate
that they will raise a number of significant defenses to the asserted liabilities relating to the
Hamilton Avenue Site, including, by way of example and without limitation, that: (A) the EPA
cannot assert joint and several liability where the United States government, through the Defense
Department, is a contributor to contamination at the Hamilton Avenue Site; (B) the EPAs proposed
remedial actions, in whole or in part, are arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance
with the law; (C) the EPA cannot establish causation and/or alternate causation is the source of
some or all of the asserted damages; (D) liability should be equitably allocated to responsible
parties; and (E) the EPAs cost estimates are speculative and unsupported, or the EPA otherwise has
not met its burden of proof.
Although the Debtors believe that they have viable defenses to reduce (if not eliminate) the
EPA Claim with respect to the Hamilton Avenue Site, there are no assurances whether or to what
extent the Debtors will prevail in this matter. Dana has a contingent liability reserve of $15.5
million for this site.
The EPA also has filed proofs of claim relating to certain other sites, asserting unliquidated
amounts in excess of approximately $64 million. Most of these sites are multi-party sites where
Dana believes that its share of liability is small and/or that other defenses are available to
reduce or eliminate the asserted claim. Of the additional amounts asserted by the EPA, the largest
asserted amount relates to the Solvents Recovery Service of New England, Inc. Superfund site in
Southington, Connecticut (the SRSNE Site). There currently are approximately 250
Potentially Responsible Parties at the SRSNE Site, including Debtor Brake Systems Inc. A ROD for
the SRSNE Site was issued in 2005, and the EPA has estimated the total future response costs are
$30.6 million, to which it has added interest and other amounts for a total asserted claim of not
less than $44.4 million. Although the proof of claim is asserted on the basis of joint and several
liability for this full amount, the Debtors estimate that Brake Systems, Inc.s percentage of
responsibility, if any, is significantly less than one tenth of one percent.
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) has filed proofs of claim
including, among other things, a claim in excess of $41 million under Ohios environmental statutes
and CERCLA for remediation of contamination of the Ottawa River resulting from the disposal of
wastes at the Dura, Tyler and Stickney landfills. These landfills are not owned by any of the
Debtors and were used by numerous waste generators in the Toledo, Ohio area. Prior to filing its
proof of claim, Ohio EPA had not commenced any enforcement or cost recovery activity against any of
the Debtors with respect to alleged contamination of the Ottawa River. Rather, Ohio EPA apparently
is basing its claim on an assessment initiated by the United States Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) in 2005 relating to possible natural resource damages of
the Ottawa River to the confluence with Maumee Bay, as well as Maumee Bay itself (the Ottawa
River Site). Ohio EPA has not presented the Debtors with any evidence in support of claim of
liability (including that any contamination found in the Ottawa River is attributable to any of the
identified landfills or, in particular, any hazardous substances disposed of at those landfills by
any of the Debtors) or the Debtors proper share of any such liability. Absent a negotiated
resolution, it is expected that the EPA Claim will be addressed through legal proceedings under the
claims process in these cases, where the validity and amounts of the asserted claims will have to
be substantiated. Ohio EPA has asserted its claim for the clean up of the Ottawa River Site as an
administrative claim. The Debtors believe that any such claim would be a general unsecured,
nonpriority claim.
Among other things, Ohio EPA also asserts a claim of approximately $4 million relating to
remediation of a property in Caldwell, Ohio that was owned by one of the Debtors as of the Petition
Date.
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has filed a proof of claim
seeking an unliquidated General Unsecured Claim in excess of $14 million for, among other things,
liabilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and state environmental laws relating
to ten formerly owned sites where the Debtors had been involved in remediation or investigation
activities prior to the Petition Date. The Debtors are evaluating the amounts asserted by IDEM and
are engaged in negotiations to resolve these issues.
B. The Debtors Prepetition Capital Structure
The facilities and instruments evidencing the Debtors prepetition debt and certain other
elements of their prepetition capital structure are described below.
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1. Prepetition Credit Facility
Prior to the Petition Date, the Debtors had a five-year revolving credit facility (the
Prepetition Credit Facility) that provided them with $400 million of borrowing capacity
and that would have matured on March 4, 2010. The Prepetition Credit Facility was entered into by
and among: (a) Dana, as borrower; (b) various banks, financial institutions and other
institutional lenders that might be, from time to time, parties to the Revolving Credit Facility
(the Prepetition Lenders); (c) Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent; (d) Deutsche
Bank Securities, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agents; (e) JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. and SunTrust Bank, as documentation agents; and (f) Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., as lead
arranger and book manager. Borrowings under the Prepetition Credit Facility were used for Danas
working capital and other general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures. In
connection with a November 2005 amendment of the Prepetition Credit Facility, all of the borrowings
thereunder became secured. As of the Petition Date, borrowings under the Prepetition Credit
Facility totaled approximately $377 million, and the Debtors had no further borrowing availability
thereunder. After the Petition Date, all outstanding amounts under the Prepetition Credit Facility
were paid in full in Cash from borrowings under the DIP Credit Agreement (as defined below). The
Creditors Committee is undertaking an investigation in connection with the November 2005 amendment
to the Prepetition Credit Facility.
2. Bonds
Since 1997, Dana has entered into four indenture agreements with Wilmington Trust Company, as
successor to Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee. Pursuant to these indenture agreements, Dana
issued the following series of fixed rate unsecured notes (collectively, the Bonds and
the holders of such Bonds, collectively, the Bondholders):
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Indenture Agreement |
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December 15, 1997
Indenture |
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$150 million of 6.5% notes, due March 15, 2008 |
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152,843,750 |
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December 15, 1997
Indenture |
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$350 million of 6.5% notes, due March 1, 2009 |
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$ |
357,520,139 |
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March 11, 2002 Indenture |
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$250 million of 10.125% notes, due March 15, 2010 |
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$ |
76,955,402 |
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August 8, 2001 Indenture |
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$575 million of 9% notes, due August 15, 2011 |
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$ |
119,530,445 |
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and 200 million of 9% notes, due August 15, 2011 |
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and $8,908,261) |
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December 10, 2004
Indenture |
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$450 million of 5.85% notes, due January 15, 2015 |
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$ |
462,065,625 |
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December 15, 1997
Indenture |
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$200 million of 7% notes, due March 15, 2028 |
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$ |
168,419,771 |
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December 15, 1997
Indenture |
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$400 million of 7% notes, due March 1, 2029 |
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274,457,007 |
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On March 1, 2006, the Debtors announced that they did not make the March 1, 2006 interest
payments on their (a) 7% Senior Notes due March 1, 2029 and (b) 6.5% Senior Notes due March 1,
2009. The aggregate amount of these interest payments was approximately $21 million. There was a
30-day grace period with respect to these interest payments. As of the Petition Date, the
aggregate total amount outstanding under the Bonds was approximately $1,621 million.
3. Prepetition Financing Programs
a. Accounts Receivable Securitization Program
As of December 31, 2005, the Debtors accounts receivable securitization program (ARS
Program) provided up to a maximum of $275 million to meet periodic demand for short-term
financing. Under the ARS Program, certain of the Debtors divisions and subsidiaries either sold
or contributed accounts receivable to Dana Asset Funding LLC (DAF), a special purpose
entity. DAF funded its accounts receivable purchases by pledging the receivables as collateral for
short-term loans from participating banks. The securitized account receivables were owned in their
entirety by DAF.
As of February 28, 2006, the Debtors outstanding borrowings under the ARS Program were $225
million. On or about the Petition Date, all outstanding amounts under the ARS Program were paid in
full in Cash from borrowings under the DIP Credit Agreement.
b. Purchasing Card Obligations
The Debtors fund many of their day-to-day purchases through a U.S. purchasing card program
with Citibank USA, N.A. (the P-Card). As of the Petition Date, the outstanding
obligations for advances under the P-Card totaled
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approximately $10 million. These outstanding
obligations were paid from borrowings under the DIP Credit Agreement. The P-Card program was
continued postpetition.
4. Common Stock
As of February 22, 2006, the authorized common stock of Dana consisted of 350 million shares
of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, 152,088,404 of which were issued and outstanding.
C. The Winding-Up of Dana Credit Corporation and Significant Prepetition Divestitures
Prior to the Petition Date, the Company provided lease financing services in selected markets
through a subsidiary, Dana Credit Corporation (DCC). In 2001, the Company determined
that the wind down of DCCs businesses would enable it to more sharply focus on its core
businesses. Since then, DCC has sold significant portions of its asset portfolio, contributing to
a reduction in this portfolio from $2.2 billion of assets in December 2001 to approximately $83
million at June 30, 2007, and the Company has recorded asset impairments on account of such sales.
The Company was also previously a large supplier of light vehicle products to the North
American automotive aftermarket. Nearly all of these operations were conducted through the
Companys Automotive Aftermarket Group (AAG). The sale of substantially all of the AAG
was completed in November 2004.
In October 2005, three businesses engine hard parts, fluid products and pump products were
approved for divestiture by Danas Board of Directors. The engine hard parts and most of the fluid
products businesses were divested during the Debtors bankruptcy cases. The sale of the non-core
pump products business is still being pursued.
IV.
EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES
A. Factors Precipitating the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases
Several external factors severely impacted the Debtors operations and financial performance
and ultimately prompted the liquidity pressures that precipitated the need to file the chapter 11
cases. Among other things, the Debtors were faced with: (1) a continued decline in the market
share of their largest customers (e.g., U.S.-based Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEMs), including Ford and GM), which resulted in declining sales by the Debtors and
increased pricing pressures by the OEMs; (2) continued high commodity prices, including costs for
steel and other raw materials; (3) rising energy costs; (4) the tightening of available trade debt;
(5) increased cost of capital; and (6) global economic factors. Certain of these factors are
described in greater detail below. These factors were not an anomaly that affected only the
Debtors in isolation. Rather, these factors were a symptom of a much broader downturn in the U.S.
auto market, which took its toll on several of the Debtors suppliers and competitors, including
Delphi Corporation; Tower Automotive, Inc.; Collins & Aikman Corporation; Meridian Automotive
Systems, Inc.; and DURA Automotive Systems Inc. all of which commenced chapter 11 cases in recent
years.
1. Reduced Sales and Increased Price Reduction Pressures
The Debtors financial performance was, and continues to be, severely impacted by the economic
climate in the U.S. automotive market, the resulting reduction in sales to their largest customers
and continued price reduction pressures by their customers. The Debtors two largest customers,
Ford and GM, have been steadily losing market share to foreign competitors. As a result, Ford and
GM have been forced to effect plant closures, significant layoffs and other wide-ranging cost
cutting measures, including a significant reduction in purchases and inventory levels. The Debtors
have been directly impacted by the OEMs loss of market share and the resulting decline in
production and sales. In addition, the OEMs had
relied upon an unprecedented level of incentive programs to stimulate sales and remain
competitive and, as a result, had exerted increased downward pricing pressures on, and obtained
other concessions from, the Debtors.
In addition, increased fuel costs have significantly impacted the U.S. light truck market,
including in particular the market for SUVs, which has been one of the Debtors strongest
businesses in recent years. As has widely been reported, fuel prices soared in the United States
in 2005 due to, among other things, the ongoing conflict in Iraq, the aftermath of hurricane
Katrina and other global market forces. As a result, consumer demand for SUVs and other light
trucks has declined. At the same time, increasing fuel costs also have increased the Debtors
costs for energy to operate their facilities.
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2. High Commodity Prices
Increased steel, fuel and other raw material costs represented some of the biggest challenges
faced by the Debtors prior to the Petition Date. As a result of limited capacity and high demand,
costs related to steel nearly doubled over the course of one year. As a result, the suppliers of
steel and steel component parts to the Debtors assessed surcharges and increased base prices. The
Debtors attempted to mitigate these cost increases by, among other things, consolidating purchases,
finding new global steel sources, identifying alternative materials and redesigning their products
to be less dependent on steel. Nevertheless, the Debtors experienced unprecedented levels of
expenses related to steel and steel related products in 2004 and in the first nine months of 2005,
which resulted in a reduction in net income of approximately $70 million for 2004, and of
approximately $182 million for the first nine months of 2005 (as measured against the cost of steel
at the end of 2003). Moreover, given the price reduction pressures imposed on the Debtors by their
customers, there was little opportunity to pass increased costs imposed on the Debtors by their
suppliers on to the Debtors OEM customers.
3. Resulting Liquidity Issues
The Debtors faced severe liquidity issues in the period immediately preceding the commencement
of these Chapter 11 Cases. Notwithstanding the diligent pursuit of several out-of-court
alternatives, including a major effort to refinance certain prepetition secured debt and add
working capital availability, the Debtors were unable to conclude these efforts within the
necessary timeframe. There was no single cause for the Debtors liquidity issues; rather, a
confluence of several factors led to the Debtors being left with insufficient cash to carry on
their business operations without chapter 11 relief. These factors included: (a) the reduced
sales and increased commodity prices described above; (b) significantly increased scrutiny and
demands from the Debtors trade creditors as a result of Danas prepetition earnings reports; and
(c) the constraints in borrowing availability under the Prepetition Credit Facility and the ARS
Program and long-term access to capital.
As of September 30, 2005, Dana was required to reclassify approximately $1.7 billion of
long-term debt as debt payable within one year because it determined that following the expiration,
on May 31, 2006, of waivers of financial covenants granted under the Prepetition Credit Facility,
it was unlikely that Dana would be able to comply with the financial covenants under the
Prepetition Credit Facility for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2006.
B. Prepetition Restructuring Negotiations
1. Realignment of Operations
During the fourth quarter of 2005, Danas Board of Directors approved a number of operational
initiatives to enhance the Debtors financial performance. Among other things, in October 2005,
the Debtors announced that (a) the ASG would close two facilities in Virginia and shift production
in several other locations, which would affect approximately 650 employees, and that (b) the
HVTSGs Commercial Vehicle operation would increase gear production and assembly activity at its
Toluca, Mexico facility to relieve constraints at its principal gear plant in Glasgow, Kentucky and
improve throughput at a Henderson, Kentucky assembly plant.
In addition, in November 2005, Dana signed a letter of intent with DESC S.A. de C.V. n/k/a/
Kuo Automotriz, S.A. de C.V. (DESC) under which Dana and DESC agreed to dissolve their
existing Mexican joint venture, Spicer S.A. de C.V. (Spicer Mexico). Under the letter of
intent, the parties agreed that Dana would acquire 100% ownership of the Mexican subsidiaries of
Spicer Mexico that manufacture and assemble axles and driveshafts, in which Dana had an indirect
49% ownership interest through its ownership of Spicer Mexico, and certain related forging and
foundry operations in which Dana had an indirect 33% interest through its ownership in Spicer
Mexico. These operations had combined sales to Dana and to third parties of $296 million in 2005.
DESC, in turn, would assume full ownership of Spicer Mexico and its remaining subsidiaries that
operate transmission and aftermarket gasket businesses in which DESC held an indirect 51% interest
through its ownership in Spicer Mexico.
In December 2005, the Debtors announced plans to consolidate their North American Thermal
Products operations by mid-2006 in order to reduce operating and overhead costs and strengthen
their competitiveness. The closure of three facilities located in North America that employed 200
people was also announced. In connection with the expiration of supply agreements for truck frames
and rear axle modules, the Debtors announced further work force reductions of approximately 500
people at their Structural Products plant in Thorold, Ontario and approximately 300 people at three
Axle Products facilities in Australia, respectively.
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2. Refinancing Effort
The Debtors continued working with the prepetition bank group during January and February
2006, in an effort to refinance certain prepetition secured debt and add working capital
availability. The failure to reach an agreement on acceptable terms increased liquidity problems
that, among other factors as set forth above, caused the Debtors to file their bankruptcy
petitions.
V.
THE CHAPTER 11 CASES
On March 3, 2006, the Debtors filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code in the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors have continued, and will continue, to manage their
properties as debtors-in-possession, subject to the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court and in
accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. An immediate effect of the filing of the
Chapter 11 Cases was the imposition of the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code,
which, with limited exceptions, enjoined the commencement or continuation of: (1) all collection
efforts by creditors; (2) enforcement of Liens against any Assets of the Debtors; and (3)
litigation against the Debtors. On the Petition Date, or shortly thereafter, the Bankruptcy Court
approved certain orders to minimize the disruption of the Debtors business operations and to
facilitate their reorganization.
A. Statutory Committees
Since their appointment, the Debtors have consulted with the Creditors Committee and the
official committee of equity security holders (the Equity Committee) (prior to its
disbandment) (the Creditors Committee and the Equity Committee, collectively, the Primary
Committees) on all matters material to the administration of the Chapter 11 Cases. On motion
of the Debtors, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming that the Creditors Committee is
not authorized or required to provide access to (1) confidential information of the Debtors or (2)
privileged information.
The Debtors have also discussed their business operations with the Primary Committees and
their advisors and have sought concurrence of the Primary Committees for actions and transactions
outside of the ordinary course of business. The Primary Committees have participated actively in
reviewing the Debtors business operations, operating performance, and business plan.
1. The Creditors Committee
The United States Trustee for the Southern District of New York (the U.S. Trustee)
appointed the Creditors Committee on March 13, 2006, and has subsequently amended its membership.
The current members of the Creditors Committee are:
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Wilmington Trust Company
520 Madison Avenue
33rd Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attn. James J. McGinley
Tel. (212) 415-0522
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P. Schoenfeld Asset
Management, LLC3
1350 Avenue of the Americas
21st Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attn. Peter Faulkner and
Tyler R. Greif
Tel. (212) 649-9542
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Sypris Technologies, Inc.
101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Attn. John R. McGeeney
General Counsel
Tel. (502) 329-2000 |
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The Timken Company
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.
Canton, Ohio 44706-0927
Attn. John Skurek,
Vice President Treasury
Tel. (330) 471-4636
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International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement
Workers of America (UAW) 8000
East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48214
Attn. Niraj R. Ganatra
Associate General Counsel
Tel. (313) 926-5216
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Julio Gonzalez, Jr. as Special
Administrator of the Estate
of Julio Gonzalez, deceased
103 Chipola Road
Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
c/o John Cooney, Esq.
Cooney and Conway
120 North LaSalle, 30th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Tel. (312) 236-6166 |
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approved the information blocking policies and procedures implemented by P.
Schoenfeld Asset Management, LLC to isolate its trading activities from its
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United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union (USW) Five
Gateway Center, Room 807
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Attn. David R. Jury
Assistant General Counsel
Tel. (412) 562-2545
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Dune Capital LLC
c/o Dune Capital Management
LP4
623 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attn. Jon Lukomnik
Sinclair Capital LLC
924 West End Avenue, Suite T-4
New York, New York 10025
Tel. (646) 734-4012
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In addition, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is an ex officio member of the Creditors Committee.
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Counsel to the Creditors Committee is:
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2. The Equity Committee
On June 27, 2006, the U.S. Trustee appointed the Equity Committee. The Equity Committee was
disbanded effective February 9, 2007. Prior to its disbandment, the Equity Committee was, with the
Bankruptcy Courts approval, represented by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as
counsel.
3. The Retiree Committee
The U.S. Trustee appointed a committee of non-unionized retired employees (the Retiree
Committee) on August 31, 2006, and has subsequently amended its membership. The current
members of the Retiree Committee are:
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Robert Fitzmorris
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Michael R. Carrigan
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John A. Damusis |
1176 Harbor Town Way
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519 Connecticut Avenue |
Venice, Florida 34292
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Destin, Florida 32541
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Naperville, Illinois 60565 |
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Edward Balcar
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Donna R. Doyle
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Melvin H. Rothlisberger |
1827 Glen Ellyn Drive
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282 South Hampton Drive
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5236 Spring Creek Lane |
Toledo, Ohio 43614
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Bristol, Tennessee 37620
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Sylvania, Ohio 43560 |
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4. Motion to Appoint Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants
On March 29, 2006, certain parties alleging asbestos-related diseases, represented by Kelley & Ferraro, LLP, filed a motion with
the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to section 1102(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, for an order directing the U.S. Trustee to appoint
an official committee of asbestos personal injury claimants. They were joined by certain claimants alleging similar personal injuries and by
the Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic. The Debtors, the Creditors Committee, the U.S. Trustee and the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee
filed objections to the motion, and the motion was denied by an order of the Bankruptcy Court dated April 19, 2006.
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On May 17, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court
approved the information blocking policies and procedures implemented by Dune
Capital LLC to isolate its trading activities from its activities as a member
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B. Exclusivity
Pursuant to section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code, a debtor has the exclusive right to (1) file
a plan of reorganization during the first 120 days of its chapter 11 case and (2) solicit
acceptances of the plan during the first 180 days of the case. These periods (the Exclusive
Periods) may be extended for cause up to a date that is 18 months after the Petition Date.
On June 14, 2006, the Debtors filed a motion seeking six-month extensions of the Exclusive Periods
through January 3, 2007 and March 5, 2007, respectively (the First Exclusivity Motion).
The First Exclusivity Motion was approved on June 28, 2006. On December 5, 2006, the Debtors filed
a motion seeking eight-month extensions of the Exclusive Periods, among other things, through and
including September 3, 2007 and November 2, 2007, respectively (the Second Exclusivity
Motion). The Bankruptcy Court granted the Second Exclusivity Motion on December 19, 2006.
C. DIP Credit Agreement and Payment of Prepetition Bank Loans
In connection with their preparations for the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the
Debtors determined that they would need to obtain debtor-in-possession financing to ensure
sufficient liquidity to meet their ongoing operating needs. On the Petition Date, Dana, as
borrower, and the other Debtors, as guarantors, obtained Bankruptcy Court approval (Docket No. 55)
to borrow up to $800 million from Citicorp North America, Inc. as agent, initial lender and an
issuing bank, and Bank of America N.A. and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as initial lenders and
issuing banks, under an interim debtor in possession credit facility (the Interim DIP Credit
Agreement). Proceeds of the Interim DIP Credit Agreement were used, in part, to repurchase
the Debtors receivables portfolio under the existing ARS Program. On March 29, 2006, the
Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the DIP Order) granting final approval of the Interim
DIP Credit Agreement, as amended (the DIP Credit Agreement), thereby authorizing total
borrowings of up to $1.45 billion. A portion of the proceeds was used to pay off debt obligations
under the Prepetition Credit Facility and the Interim DIP Credit Agreement. See General
Information about the Debtors Prepetition Financing Programs.
The DIP Order reserved the right of any party in interest to challenge (1) the repurchase of
the Debtors receivables portfolio by DAF, as well as (2) the liens and claims of JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A. and Wachovia Bank National Association, the receivables facility agents, by filing an
adversary proceeding or authorization to file an adversary proceeding by June 19, 2006 (the
Challenge Period). The Challenge Period was extended to September 29, 2006, with respect
to the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee, with the exception of such
parties right to challenge any and all liens and claims relative to, and the payment of, the $1
million waiver fee. Solely with respect to such waiver fee, the Challenge Period was extended
through and including the earlier of the date that is 100 days after (1) any of the Debtors, the
Creditors Committee, the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee or the receivables facility agents sends a
written notice to the other parties to the settlement setting the last day of the Challenge Period
on such hundredth day or (2) the Debtors or any other party in interest first files a disclosure
statement with the Bankruptcy Court.
The DIP Order also reserved the right of any party in interest to challenge the payoff of the
Debtors obligations under the Prepetition Credit Facility and P-Card program, as well as the liens
and claims of the prepetition agent, the Prepetition Lenders and the credit card issuers relative
thereto, by filing an adversary proceeding or authorization to file an administrative proceeding
during the Challenge Period. With respect to the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Bondholders
Committee, such Challenge Period was extended through and including December 15, 2006. The
Challenge Period solely for the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee to
contest the liens and claims under the Prepetition Credit Facility and P-Card program was extended
through and including the earlier of the date that is one hundred days after (1) any of the
Debtors, the Creditors Committee, the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee, the prepetition agent or the
credit card issuers sends a written notice to the other parties to the settlement setting the last
day of the Challenge Period on such hundredth day and (2) the Debtors or any other party in
interest first files a disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court.
The DIP Credit Agreement originally included a revolving credit facility of up to $750
million, of which $400 million was available for the issuance of letters of credit, and a $700
million term loan facility. All of the loans and other obligations under the DIP Credit Agreement
will be due and payable on the earlier of (1) 24 months after the effective date of the DIP Credit
Agreement or (2) the date of consummation of the Plan. Prior to maturity, Dana is required to make
mandatory prepayments under the DIP Credit Agreement in the event that loans and letters of credit
exceed the available commitments, and from the proceeds of certain asset sales, unless reinvested.
Such prepayments, if required, are to be applied first to the term loan facility with a permanent
reduction in the amount of the commitments thereunder and second to the revolving credit facility.
Interest under the DIP Credit Agreement accrues, at Danas option, either at (1) the London
interbank offered rate (LIBOR) plus a per annum margin of 2.25% or (2) the prime
rate plus a per annum margin of 1.25%, for both the term loan facility and the revolving credit
facility. Dana pays a fee for issued and undrawn letters of
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credit in an amount per annum equal to
the LIBOR margin applicable to the revolving credit facility, a per annum fronting fee of 25 basis
points and a commitment fee of 0.375% per annum for unused committed amounts under the revolving
credit facility.
The DIP Credit Agreement is guaranteed by substantially all of Danas domestic subsidiaries,
excluding DCC. As collateral, Dana and each guarantor has granted a security interest in and lien
on effectively all of its assets, including a pledge of 66% of the Interests of each material
foreign subsidiary directly or indirectly owned by Dana.
Under the DIP Credit Agreement, Dana and each of its subsidiaries (other than certain excluded
subsidiaries) are required to comply with customary covenants for facilities of this type. These
include (1) affirmative covenants as to corporate existence, compliance with laws, insurance,
payment of taxes, access to books and records, use of proceeds, retention of a restructuring
advisor and financial advisor, maintenance of cash management systems, use of proceeds, priority of
liens in favor of the lenders, maintenance of properties and monthly, quarterly, annual and other
reporting obligations; and (2) negative covenants, including limitations on liens, additional
indebtedness beyond that permitted by the DIP Credit Agreement, guaranties, dividends, transactions
with affiliates, claims in the bankruptcy proceedings, investments, asset dispositions, nature of
business, payment of prepetition obligations, capital expenditures, mergers and consolidations,
amendments to constituent documents, accounting changes, limitations on restrictions affecting
subsidiaries and sale-leasebacks.
Additionally, the DIP Credit Agreement requires the Debtors to maintain a minimum amount of
consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, restructuring and
reorganization costs (EBITDAR) currently based on rolling 12-month cumulative EBITDAR
requirements for Dana and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, beginning
on March 31, 2007, and ending on February 28, 2008, at levels set forth in the DIP Credit
Agreement. Dana also must maintain at all times a minimum availability of $100 million under the
DIP Credit Agreement. The DIP Credit Agreement provides for certain events of default that are
customary for facilities of this type, including cross default with other indebtedness. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any event of default under the DIP Credit Agreement,
interest on all outstanding amounts would be payable on demand at 2% above the then applicable
rate.
In January 2007, the Bankruptcy Court approved an amendment to the DIP Credit Agreement to (1)
increase the term loan facility by $200 million, to $900 million; (2) increase the annual rate at
which interest accrues on amounts borrowed under the term loan facility by 0.25%; (3) reduce the
minimum global EBITDAR covenant levels and increase the annual amount of cash restructuring charges
excluded in the calculation of EBITDAR; (4) implement a corporate reorganization of Danas European
subsidiaries to facilitate the establishment of a European credit facility and improve treasury and
cash management operations; and (5) receive and retain proceeds from the sale of the Debtors
trailer axle assets, without potentially triggering a mandatory repayment to the lenders of the
amount of proceeds received. Also in January 2007, the Debtors permanently reduced the aggregate
commitment under the revolving credit facility to $650 million.
D. DCC Liquidation
In September 2006, Danas non-Debtor affiliate DCC, through which Dana had provided lease
financing services in selected markets, adopted a plan of liquidation providing for the disposition
of substantially all its assets over an 18 24 month period. On November 30, 2006, the Bankruptcy
Court approved a settlement among the Debtors and DCC, pursuant to which, among other things, all
prepetition claims of DCC and its subsidiaries against the Debtors were allowed as a general
unsecured claim against Dana in the aggregate amount of $325 million, and the Debtors and DCC
granted each other certain releases. In December 2006, DCC signed a Forbearance Agreement with its
noteholders, which allows DCC to sell its remaining asset portfolio and use the proceeds to pay the
forbearing noteholders a pro rata share of the cash generated.
E. Postpetition Divestitures
The Debtors have completed, or are in the process of completing, certain divestitures and
asset sales. Some of these divestitures were part of the Debtors prepetition divestiture program
(the Divestiture Program). On June 7, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court authorized the Debtors
to honor certain obligations under the Divestiture Program, as well as certain particular
agreements that the Debtors had entered, or might enter, thereunder,
including severance agreements and agreements providing for sale completion incentive
payments. The Debtors postpetition operational restructuring included the following divestitures.
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1. Sale of Trailer Axle Business
The Debtors trailer axle business, which was part of the Commercial Vehicles business unit of
the HVTSG and manufactured axles and suspensions in three facilities located in the United States,
Canada and China, was not one of the Debtors core businesses. In 2006, the trailer axle business
generated sales of approximately $150 million and employed about 180 people.
On December 19, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order authorizing (a) the sale of the
Debtors trailer axle business free and clear of liens, claims, encumbrances and other interests to
Hendrickson USA L.L.C., a subsidiary of The Boler Company and (b) the assumption and assignment of
certain executory contracts and unexpired leases, for a purchase price of approximately $21 million
subject to certain adjustments, plus certain cure costs with respect to assigned agreements. The
non-U.S. operations were sold for approximately $12 million. The sale was completed in January
2007 and March 2007. The total amounts received were approximately $28 million after adjustments.
2. Divestiture of Engine Products Group
The Debtors engine products group consisted of the following four business categories: (a)
the manufacture of piston rings for OEMs, (b) the manufacture of bearings for OEMs, (c) the global
aftermarket distribution business including the Clevite operations, and (d) the manufacture of
heavy duty camshafts for heavy duty diesel and industrial markets. The engine products group
generated pro forma sales of approximately $674 million in 2005 and pro forma sales of
approximately $505 million in the first nine months of 2006, and employed approximately 5,000
employees. In October 2005, the Debtors publicly announced their intention to divest the non-core
engine products group.
The Debtors marketed the engine products group business to more than 50 potential strategic
and financial buyers. Interested parties conducted due diligence and met with management over
several months and the Debtors negotiated vigorously with multiple parties before selecting a
stalking horse bidder.
On December 1, 2006, Dana and MAHLE GmbH (MAHLE) entered into a Stock and Asset
Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Dana and certain of its affiliates agreed to sell the
tangible and intangible assets of the engine products groups business and the shares of a Dana
affiliate involved in the business to MAHLE and certain of its affiliates. Although the business
was marketed pursuant to execution of the purchase agreement and the entry of a Bankruptcy Court
order approving the transaction, the Debtors did not receive any overbids. The Bankruptcy Court
approved the sale of assets and stock relating to the Debtors engine products group to MAHLE on
February 23, 2007 and the sale was completed on March 9, 2007 pending completion of closing
conditions in certain countries, since satisfied. The cash proceeds of the sale were approximately
$97 million, of which $12 million is escrowed pending satisfaction of certain indemnification
provisions.
3. Sale of Equity Interest in GETRAG
In March 2007, one of the Debtors non-Debtor subsidiaries sold its 30% equity interest in
GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG. (GETRAG) to the joint
venture partner, an affiliate of GETRAG. The proceeds of the sale were approximately $207 million
in cash.
On August 24, 2007, Dana and certain of its affiliates executed an Axle Agreement and related
transaction documents (collectively the Axle Agreements), providing for a series of
transactions relating to Danas and certain of its affiliates rights and obligations under two
joint ventures with GETRAG and certain of its affiliates. The Axle Agreements provide for (a)
relief from non-compete provisions in various agreements restricting Danas and its affiliates
ability to participate in certain markets for axle products other than through participation in the
joint ventures, (b) the granting of a call option (the Call Option) to GETRAG to acquire
Danas ownership interests in the two joint ventures for a purchase price of $75 million, (c) the
payment by Dana to GETRAG of $11 million under certain conditions, (d) the withdrawal, with
prejudice, of bankruptcy claims aggregating approximately $66 million filed by GETRAG and one of
the joint venture entities, relating to Danas alleged breach of certain of non-compete provisions,
(e) the amendment, assumption, rejection and/or termination of certain other agreements between the
parties, and (f) the granting of certain mutual releases by Dana and various other parties. The
Axle Agreements remain subject to Bankruptcy Court approval and certain governmental antitrust
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4. Divestiture of Fluid Products Group
The Debtors fluid products group was a supplier of fluid routing products for OEMs and Tier
I suppliers throughout the world. The group manufactured components for various fluid routing
applications including fuel, brake, power assisted steering, heating ventilation and air
conditioning and engine and transmission cooling in various facilities of the Debtors, certain
non-Debtor affiliates of the Debtors and through Danas interest in certain joint ventures. The
fluid products group generated pro forma sales in 2006 of approximately $466 million. In October
2005, the Debtors publicly announced their intention to divest the non-core fluid products group.
The Debtors conducted an extensive marketing process for the fluid products business
contacting over 100 potential buyers. Interested parties conducted due diligence and met with
management over several months and the Debtors negotiated vigorously with multiple parties before
selecting a stalking horse bidder.
On March 28, 2007, Dana and Orhan Holding, A.S. (Orhan) entered into an agreement
providing, among other things, for Dana and certain of its affiliates to sell the European portion
of their fluid routing products business and portions of the North American part of such business
to Orhan and certain of its affiliates. In the second quarter of 2007, the Bankruptcy
Court-sanctioned auction concluded with Orhan as the winning bidder, after increasing the
consideration by approximately 20%. The Bankruptcy Court approved the agreement with Orhan on June
6, 2007. The sale was completed in July and August 2007. The sale included assets located at
three facilities in the United States, one facility in Mexico and one facility in the United
Kingdom, equity in fluid routing products companies in France, Slovakia and Spain, and interests in
three existing joint ventures with Orhan that had operations in France and Turkey. The aggregate
purchase price for the assets and interests was $85 million, and the Orhan entities assumed certain
liabilities of the purchased operations at closing. The parties also entered into certain
ancillary agreements, including real estate leases, licensing of intellectual property, and
transition services agreements.
On May 28, 2007, Dana and Coupled Products Acquisition LLC, a subsidiary of Wanxiang (USA)
Holdings Corporation (Coupled Products), entered into an asset purchase agreement
providing, among other things, for Dana and certain of its affiliates to sell the remaining
portions of their North American fluid routing products business to Coupled Products. The assets
to be sold under this agreement are located in five facilities in the United States and one
facility in Mexico. The purchase price is a nominal $1, with Coupled Products to assume certain
liabilities of the purchased operations at closing. The parties will also enter into certain
ancillary agreements, including real estate subleases, licensing of intellectual property and a
transition services agreement. The Bankruptcy Court approved the asset purchase agreement with
Coupled Products on June 6, 2007. As part of the agreement with Coupled Products, the Debtors and
Coupled Products were required to make certain filings with the Committee on Foreign Investment and
the Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. The Department of State,
Directorate of Trade Controls required that the Debtors and Coupled Products remove certain assets
used to manufacture hoses for military vehicles (the ITAR Assets) from the assets being
purchased at closing. The Debtors and Coupled Products have executed an amendment to remove the
ITAR Assets from the assets being purchased by Coupled Products and make certain other changes to
the agreement. The Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing for September 19, 2007 to approve the
amendment. If the amendment is approved on that date, the Debtors anticipate closing the sale to
Coupled Products by the end of September 2007.
5. Divestiture of Pump Products Business
The Debtors announced their intention to divest the non-core pump products group in October
2005. This sale is not subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court because the business is located
outside the United States and held by non-Debtors. The Debtors are continuing to pursue the sale
of this business.
F. Settlement Agreement with Supplier Sypris Technologies, Inc.
Dana and certain of its affiliates were parties to a series of supply contracts (collectively,
the Supply Contracts) with Sypris Technologies, Inc. and certain of its affiliates
(collectively, Sypris) that were entered into at various dates before the commencement of
the Chapter 11 Cases. Pursuant to the Supply Contracts, Sypris supplied various component parts to
Dana. In 2006, Dana purchased approximately $200 million in parts from Sypris, making Sypris one
of Danas largest parts suppliers. The relationship between Dana and Sypris has been the subject
of numerous pleadings in the Chapter 11 Cases, as described below.
Shortly after the Petition Date, Sypris informed Dana that it would no longer supply parts
pursuant to the Supply Contracts unless Dana would agree to a number of conditions. Accordingly,
on March 6, 2006, the Debtors filed a Notice
of Repudiating Vendor concerning Sypris. After a hearing on March 6, 2006, the Bankruptcy
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temporary restraining order. This and other disputes between the parties
ultimately led to the parties execution of a settlement agreement dated May 10, 2006, which was
approved by the Bankruptcy Court by order dated May 17, 2006.
Shortly thereafter, additional disputes arose between the parties concerning, among other
things, the pricing of parts supplied by Sypris and alleged prepetition breaches of contract by
Dana in not purchasing certain parts from Sypris. By June 1, 2006, these disputes resulted in the
commencement of a binding, multi-phase arbitration proceeding (the Arbitration) between
the parties.
During the pendency of the Arbitration, on August 15, 2006, Sypris filed a motion to compel
the Debtors to make a determination by October 3, 2006 whether to assume or reject the Supply
Contracts. The Debtors opposed this motion, and the Bankruptcy Court denied the motion at a
hearing on August 28, 2006.
In September 2006, the parties participated in an evidentiary hearing concerning the first
phase of the Arbitration, which concerned the pricing and sourcing of certain gear sets. On
December 6, 2006, the Arbitrator issued a final award concerning the first phase of the
Arbitration. Sypris requested clarification of the award from the Arbitrator, and, following
briefing, the Arbitrator ruled on Sypris request on January 29, 2007.
In the interim, on December 21, 2006, the Debtors filed a motion requesting authority to enter
into a staged program to re-source the parts that were currently being supplied by Sypris pursuant
to the Supply Contracts (the Re-Sourcing Motion). In the Re-Sourcing Motion, the Debtors
argued, among other things, that the pricing of parts under the Supply Contracts was significantly
above what the Debtors believed they could obtain from alternative suppliers. On January 24, 2007,
the Bankruptcy Court entered a stipulated order concerning the Re-Sourcing Motion (the Sypris
Stipulation) that permitted the Debtors to enter into purchase orders for tooling and test
quantities of parts from alternative suppliers, but which provided that the Debtors would not enter
into purchase orders for parts to satisfy Danas production requirements without seeking authority
from the Bankruptcy Court.
While the Re-Sourcing Motion was pending, and pursuant to the Sypris Stipulation, the Debtors
began to acquire tooling and test quantities of certain parts from alternative suppliers while
engaging in parallel efforts to negotiate more favorable pricing and other terms with Sypris. On
May 15, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court referred the parties to mediation concerning the various issues
underlying the Re-Sourcing Motion. The Debtors and Sypris, with the involvement of both the
mediator and the Creditors Committee, actively participated in mediation for several weeks. On
July 23, 2007, the Debtors and Sypris executed a settlement agreement and a new supply contract
(collectively, the New Agreement) and on July 24, 2007, the Debtors filed their motion
requesting Bankruptcy Court approval of the New Agreement (the Motion to Approve). The
Debtors explained in the Motion to Approve that the New Agreement resolved many complex,
contentious, costly and long-running disputes between the parties, and would provide the Debtors
with over $100 million in savings over the remaining seven-year term under the Supply Contracts.
In addition, the New Agreement provided that Sypris would have an $89.9 million allowed, general,
unsecured nonpriority claim against Dana (the Sypris DC Claim) and a $30 million allowed,
general, unsecured, nonpriority claim (the Sypris TTM Claim) against Torque-Traction
Manufacturing Technologies LLC provided that Sypris would not be entitled to recover from such
claims more than $89.9 million in the aggregate from any or all of the Debtors estates, and
further provided that upon any consolidation of the Dana and Torque-Traction Manufacturing
Technologies LLC estates for purposes of plan distribution the Sypris DC Claim and the Sypris TTM
Claim shall be deemed merged into a single claim of $89.9 million against the consolidated estate.
The Bankruptcy Court approved the settlement under the terms of the New Agreement on August 7,
2007.
G. Overseas Operations
1. Pension Liability Settlement with Respect to Danas United Kingdom
Subsidiaries
Ten subsidiaries of Dana located in the United Kingdom (the U.K.) and the trustees
of the four U.K. defined benefit pension plans entered into an Agreement as to Structure of
Settlement and Allocation of Debt to compromise and settle the present and future liabilities of
Danas U.K. operating subsidiaries to such pension plans. The agreement provided for the trustees
of the plans to release Dana and all of its Affiliates from all such liabilities in exchange for an
aggregate cash payment of 47.5 million British pounds (approximately $93 million at then current
exchange rates) and the transfer of a 33% equity interest in Danas axle manufacturing and
driveshaft assembly businesses in the U.K. for the benefit of the pension plan participants. The
agreement was necessitated primarily by Danas planned divestiture of several non-core U.K.
businesses which, upon completion, would have resulted in substantial pension funding demands on
the operating subsidiaries under U.K. pension law, in addition to their ongoing funding
obligations. The cash payment and transfer of equity interest were made in April 2007.
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2. Restructuring of European Holdings and Entry into European Financing
Agreement
Dana effected a tax efficient restructuring of its European holdings which aligned the
European subsidiaries geographically to facilitate improved management reporting, local financing
and cash repatriation, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court on January 24, 2007.
On July 18, 2007, certain European subsidiaries of Dana entered into definitive agreements to
establish a receivables securitization program. The agreements include a Receivables Loan
Agreement (the Loan Agreement) with GE Leveraged Loans Limited (GE) that
provides for a five-year accounts receivable securitization facility under which up to the euro
equivalent of approximately $225 million in financing will be available to those European
subsidiaries (collectively, the European Sellers). Ancillary to the Loan Agreement, the
European Sellers will enter into receivables purchase agreements (each, an RPA) and
related agreements, as applicable, under which they will, directly or indirectly, sell certain
receivables to Dana Europe Financing (Ireland) Limited (the European Purchaser). The
European Purchaser is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ireland as a
special purpose orphan entity to purchase the transferred receivables, and will pay the purchase
price of the transferred receivables in part from the proceeds of loans from GE and other lenders
under the Loan Agreement and in part from the proceeds of certain subordinated loans from Dana
Europe S.A., a Dana subsidiary. The European Purchasers obligations under the Loan Agreement will
be secured by a lien on and security interest in all of its rights to the transferred receivables,
as well as collection accounts and items related to the receivables. Advances to the European
Purchaser under the Loan Agreement will be determined based on advance rates relating to the value
of the transferred receivables. Advances will bear interest based on LIBOR applicable to the
currency in which each advance is denominated. All advances are to be repaid in full by July 17,
2012. The European Purchaser will also pay a fee to the lenders based on any unused amount of the
receivables facility, in addition to other customary fees. The proceeds from the transferred
receivables will be principally reinvested in Danas European businesses, including the repayment
of existing intercompany debt.
The European Sellers and Dana International Luxembourg SARL (DIL) and certain of its
subsidiaries also entered into a Performance and Indemnity Deed with GE under which DIL has, among
other things, guaranteed the European Sellers obligations to perform under their respective RPAs.
3. Mexico
On July 7, 2006, Dana and DESC dissolved their joint venture, Spicer Mexico, as part of
ongoing efforts to migrate production to lower cost production areas. Dana assumed 100% ownership
of the Mexican subsidiaries (a) that manufacture and assemble axles and driveshafts, as well as (b)
related forging and foundry operations, in which Dana had an indirect 49% interest and 33%
interest, respectively, through its ownership in Spicer Mexico. DESC, in turn, assumed full
ownership of the transmission and aftermarket gasket operations in which it previously held a 51%
interest. Along with exchanging its minority interest in the joint venture, Dana made a cash
payment of $19.5 million to DESC to acquire ownership of the subsidiaries. Pursuant to the
transaction, Dana, through its subsidiary, Dana Holdings Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V acquired full
ownership of five manufacturing operations, which had combined sales (both to Dana and to third
parties) of $296 million in 2005. The facilities, which are located in Mexico City and Queretaro,
produce light vehicle axle and driveshafts and a variety of related components.
4. Asia
Dana Wuxi was established in 2002 and began assembly operations in 2003. It assembles
off-highway axles for garden tractors for export to the US, and heavy off-highway axles for the
construction and agricultural markets for export to Europe, India, North America, Korea, and
elsewhere, and for use in China. Some of this assembly work is for existing business that has been
moved from either Dana Corporation or Dana Italia to Dana Wuxi. Dana Wuxi also has an assembly
line for thermal products that was set up in 2006 to service customers in China.
As part of Danas efforts to expand its presence in Asia, on March 14, 2007, Danas
subsidiary, Dana Mauritius Ltd. (Dana Mauritius), and Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd.
(Dongfeng) amended existing agreements to develop a 50/50 joint venture, Dongfeng Dana
Axle Co. Ltd. (Dongfeng Dana Axle). Under the amendments and other agreements signed by
both companies, Dana Mauritius made an initial payment of approximately $5 million to Dongfeng for
a 4% equity interest in the joint venture on June 30, 2007.
Dana Mauritius has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to purchase an additional 46% equity
interest in Dongfeng Dana Axle within the next three years but after March 2008. The joint venture
company is headquartered in Xiangfan, China and will employ approximately 8,000 employees in three
production facilities in Xiangfan and Shiyan. It will also operate a research and development
center that will be established. The research and
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development center will support Dongfeng Dana
Axles commitment to providing its customers with world-class manufacturing processes and axle
components and systems.
5. Other
In an additional effort to shift production to lower cost countries, in the second quarter of
2006, the Company began assembling off-highway axles and transmissions in a new facility in Gyor,
Hungary. In this facility, axles and transmissions for agricultural and construction vehicles are
assembled, tested, painted and packaged. In a second facility in Gyor, the Company produces water
coolers for vehicles. These facilities employ about 150 people in the aggregate, and their
products are supporting both European and export markets.
VI.
RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVES
The Debtors successful reorganization as a sustainable, viable business required the
simultaneous implementation of several distinct restructuring initiatives (the Restructuring
Initiatives) and the cooperation of all of the Debtors key business constituents customers,
vendors, employees and retirees to achieve viable long-term U.S. operations. It was critical to
the Debtors success that they, in the short term, (1) achieve positive margins for their products
by obtaining substantial price increases from customers; (2) recover, or otherwise compensate for,
increased material costs through renegotiation or rejection of various customer programs and
improvement of vendor terms; (3) restructure their wage and benefit programs to create a more
competitive labor and benefit cost structure; (4) address the excessive cash requirements of the
legacy pension and other postemployment benefit obligations accumulated over the past several
decades, in part from prior divestitures and closed operations; and (5) achieve a permanent
reduction and realignment of their overhead costs. In the long term, the Debtors also had to
optimize their manufacturing footprint by substantially repositioning manufacturing to lower-cost
countries (the manufacturing footprint optimization). The Debtors achievement of their
restructuring objectives became even more pressing due to the significantly curtailed production
forecasts for 2006 of some of their largest domestic customers. The Debtors reorganization
strategy included the following Restructuring Initiatives, which required significant contributions
from the constituents referred to above in the form of gross margin improvements or cost base
reductions. The Debtors estimated that these initiatives would result in an aggregate annual
expense savings (run rate savings) of between $405 to $540 million. At this time, the Debtors
estimate that their annual savings resulting from the Restructuring Initiatives, when fully
implemented, will be approximately $440-475 million.
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Restructuring
Components
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Initiative |
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Targeted Range |
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Likely |
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Customers |
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$ |
175 - 225M |
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$ |
180M |
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Employees/Retirees/Footprint |
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$ |
190 - 265M |
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$ |
220 - 245M |
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Overhead Costs |
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$ |
40 - 50M |
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$ |
40 - 50M |
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Total |
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$ |
405 - 540M |
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$ |
440 - 475M |
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A. Customer Pricing/Product Profitability
The significant inflation in the costs of commodity materials over the past years, which the
Debtors largely absorbed, contributed to the Debtors significant decline in profitability. The
Debtors had also granted many customers downward price adjustments, consistent with customer
demands and industry practices. Since the Petition Date, the Debtors have undertaken a detailed
review of their product programs to identify unprofitable contracts and determined appropriate
price modifications. The pricing needs for each major customer were analyzed and meetings with
such customers and their advisors were commenced to resolve under-performing programs and obtain
appropriate adjustments. The goal of the pricing actions was $175 million to $225 million in
future profit improvements. The Debtors currently believe that the future annual run rate impact
of customer pricing improvements, when fully implemented, will be approximately $180 million.
B. Pension, Benefit, and Labor Costs
At the end of 2006, the Debtors merged most of their U.S. defined benefit pension plans into
the Dana Corporation Retirement Plan (the CashPlus Plan) to maximize administrative and
other cost savings and reduce the annual plan funding requirements. In 2007 and 2008, the Debtors
froze, or will freeze, participation and future benefit accruals in their
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U.S. defined benefit
pension plans, subject to collective bargaining requirements where applicable, and provide benefits
in the form of limited employer contributions to their U.S. defined contribution plans and a USW
pension trust. Excluding the cost of the Debtors participation in the defined contribution
plans and a USW pension trust (which is estimated to be, collectively, between approximately $11
and $15 million annually), the combined merger and benefit freeze reduced the aggregate projected
2006-2012 contributions from $166 million to $102 million.
As a part of the restructuring initiatives necessary to emerge from bankruptcy as a successful
enterprise, the restructuring of the pension liabilities of ten U.K. operating subsidiaries of Dana
was completed in April 2007. These U.K. subsidiaries settled their defined benefit pension plan
obligations to the plan participants through a cash payment of approximately $93 million (at the
then-current exchange rate) and the transfer of a 33% equity interest in Danas remaining U.K. axle
and driveshaft operating businesses to the applicable pension plans.
Furthermore, the Debtors determined that they must eliminate almost $1.5 billion of
accumulated liability (calculated as of December 31, 2006) for non-pension retiree benefits for
current and future retirees from their unionized and non-union workforces, in addition to modifying
or rejecting their collective bargaining agreements for active employees in order to emerge with
restructured labor costs that will enable them to compete successfully in the troubled auto
industry. After a period of unsuccessful negotiations, the Debtors initiated proceedings to
terminate their non-pension retiree benefits obligations with respect to union and non-union
retirees, and to reject their collective bargaining agreements and to modify the benefits provided
to union-represented active employees under Sections 1113 and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (the
1113/1114 Litigation) while simultaneously attempting to negotiate a settlement of
outstanding issues.
In addition, on February 13, 2007, the Debtors moved, pursuant to section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code, to terminate non-pension retiree benefits, such as hospital, medical, surgical,
dental, prescription drug, vision, hearing and life insurance, of current and future non-union
retirees. On March 30, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court authorized the Debtors to terminate the future
non-pension retiree benefits of all active, salaried and hourly, non-union workers in the United
States, effective April 1, 2007.
The Debtors and the IAM reached a settlement with respect to the 1113/1114 Litigation, that
included a payment of $2.25 million by the Debtors to resolve all claims for non-pension retiree
benefits of retirees represented by IAM and the Debtors agreement not to terminate benefits before
July 1, 2007. The Bankruptcy Court approved the settlement on April 27, 2007.
On May 21, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court approved a settlement of the remaining litigation
between the Debtors and the Retiree Committee under sections 363 and 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code
that, among other things, released the Debtors effective as of July 1, 2007 from obligations for
non-pension retiree benefit obligations for the non-union retirees represented by the Retiree
Committee. The Debtors agreed to (1) assist the Retiree Committee in establishing a VEBA trust for
the retirees represented by the Retiree Committee and (2) fund such VEBA through: (a) an initial
contribution of $25 million, which was paid in June, 2007, and (b) a final contribution of $53.8
million on or before the Effective Date. If the Effective Date does not occur by March 31, 2008,
the Debtors will pay quarterly cash contributions to the non-union retiree VEBA of $5 million, to
be deducted from the final contribution, and the remainder of the final contribution will be
satisfied (1) in cash by the Debtors on or before the Effective Date, or (2) by allowing the
remainder of the final contribution as a General Unsecured Claim in an amount that, upon its sale,
will be sufficient to generate cash proceeds equal to the remainder of the final contribution.
As part of the Global Settlement between the Debtors and the Unions that is described in
Article VII hereafter, the Debtors, UAW and USW signed Union Settlement Agreements that resolve the
1113/1114 Litigation and all other issues between the Debtors and each of the Unions related to the
Debtors restructuring. The Global Settlement, as amended, was approved by the Bankruptcy Court on
July 26, 2007, and the order was entered on August 1, 2007. See The Global Settlement.
The combined targeted annual savings as a result of the labor initiatives with respect to U.S.
active employees and retirees (not including the U.K. pension restructuring) and manufacturing
footprint optimization initiatives (see below) were between $190 and $265 million. At this time,
the Debtors believe that such annual savings are likely to be approximately $220-245 million.
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C. Manufacturing Footprint
Other factors that negatively impacted the Debtors results were overcapacity and high
operating costs at U.S. and Canadian facilities. The Debtors have been working on consolidating
and closing facilities with high operating costs. Among other things, the Debtors consolidated
their Commercial Vehicle service parts network. They moved axle assembly
operations from Buena Vista, Virginia to Dry Ridge, Kentucky and Columbia, Missouri. They
transitioned the driveshaft machining operations from the Bristol, Virginia driveshaft facility to
a facility in Mexico. Additionally, the Debtors consolidated five existing thermal facilities into
two by closing three facilities located in Danville, Indiana; Sheffield, Pennsylvania; and
Burlington, Ontario. The Fulton, Kentucky sealing facility was closed and its operations were
consolidated into the Paris, Tennessee and McKenzie, Tennessee facilities. The Renton, Washington
and Charlotte, North Carolina driveshaft assembly facilities were also closed and their operations
consolidated into the Louisville, Kentucky facility.
During the fourth quarter of 2006 and first half of 2007, Dana announced additional closures
of two axle facilities in Syracuse, Indiana, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and four structures
facilities in Guelph and Thorold, Ontario, Garland, Texas and Valencia, Venezuela. While these
plant closures will result in closure costs in the short term and require near-term cash
expenditures, they are expected to yield savings and improved cash flow in later years. Long term,
Dana expects the manufacturing footprint actions to reduce its annual operating costs by $60 to $85
million.
In July 2006, Dana assumed 100% ownership of the operations that manufacture and assemble
axles, driveshafts, gears, forgings, and castings and that were previously held by Spicer Mexico
and its subsidiaries, Danas Mexican joint venture with DESC Automotriz. Pursuant to the
transaction, Dana, through its subsidiary, Dana Holdings Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., acquired full
ownership of five manufacturing operations that had combined sales (both to Dana and to third
parties) of $296 million in 2005 and in which Dana had previously held minority interests. Part of
the Debtors consolidation efforts has involved moving certain of their operations into these
facilities in Mexico.
In the second quarter of 2006, the Debtors began assembling off-highway axles and
transmissions in a new facility in Gyor, Hungary. As part of Danas efforts to expand its presence
in Asia, on March 14, 2007, Dana Mauritius and Dongfeng amended existing agreements to develop
Dongfeng Dana Axle, ultimately a 50/50 joint venture. The joint venture company is headquartered
in Xiangfan, China and will employ approximately 8,000 employees in three production facilities.
As noted above, in the long term, the combined targeted annual savings as a result of combined
labor (but excluding the U.K. pension restructuring) and manufacturing footprint optimization
(excluding the footprint adjustments in Mexico, Hungary and China) were between $190 and $265
million. At this time, the Debtors believe that such annual savings are likely to be approximately
$220-245 million.
D. Overhead Costs
The Debtors were confronted with excessive overhead costs as a result of their historically
decentralized operating model and the overall reduction of their business resulting from
divestitures. The Debtors reviewed overhead costs at all levels of their organization, including
at their engineering, general, selling, information technology, purchasing, accounting and human
resources functions with a goal of reducing annual overhead costs by $40-50 million. After
significant cuts in overhead spending, the Debtors currently estimate that their annual overhead
savings, when fully implemented, will approximate $40-50 million.
E. Vendors
Since 2003, the Debtors have experienced significant raw material price increases. For 2007,
the Debtors projected cost increases to be approximately $140 million, most of which were driven by
pre-existing contracts, increased commodity prices or changes in the Debtors demand for particular
commodities. Throughout these Chapter 11 Cases, the Debtors have worked to control vendor costs
through, among other things, competitively pricing raw materials, re-engineering products to use
lower cost materials and components, and negotiating cost savings with their existing supply base.
The Debtors anticipate being able to generate savings, in 2007, of approximately $120 million from
these actions which will largely offset projected cost increases.
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VII.
THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT
The Global Settlement is vital to the Debtors successful reorganization. It is implemented
in three agreements: (1) the two Union Settlement Agreements between Dana and both Unions; (2) the
Plan Support Agreement among Dana, the Unions, Centerbridge and the Supporting Creditors; and (3)
the New Investment Agreement, dated July 26, 2007, between Dana and Centerbridge. Pursuant to the
Plan Support Agreement, the Debtors have agreed to propose and
prosecute a plan of reorganization containing certain terms that the Debtors, the Unions and
Centerbridge consider essential to the Debtors emergence from bankruptcy as a viable, going
concern capable of sustaining profitable U.S. operations. The Union Settlement Agreements resolve
the 1113/1114 Litigation and all other issues in the Chapter 11 Cases between the Debtors and each
of the Unions. The New Investment Agreement contains agreed terms and conditions governing the
issuance of New Preferred Stock by New Dana Holdco in exchange for an investment of up to $750
million by, among other investors, Centerbridge. The Bankruptcy Court authorized the Debtors to
enter into the Union Settlement Agreements, the Plan Support Agreement and the New Investment
Agreement at a hearing held on July 26, 2007, and the order (the Global Settlement
Order) was entered on August 1, 2007. The Global Settlement Order also set forth a process
for the receipt and consideration of proposals for alternatives to the Centerbridge investment by
qualified potential investors. Pursuant to such process, Appaloosa Management L.P.
(Appaloosa) submitted an indication of interest to the Debtors on August 17, 2007 and
thereafter Appaloosa was invited by Dana to participate in the next phase of the process and to
submit a firm and final offer. Under the procedures, any such final offer must be received by the
Debtors and the Creditors Committee on or before September 21, 2007, and, if timely received, will
be considered by Dana during the week of September 24, 2007. On August 13, 2007, Appaloosa also
executed the Plan Support Agreement as a Supporting Creditor. The Plan Support Agreement permits
creditors who are signatories thereto (including Appaloosa) to submit alternative proposals as
contemplated by the Global Settlement Order. Also, on August 13, 2007, Appaloosa filed a notice of
appeal to the Global Settlement Order.
A. The Union Settlement Agreements
The settlement with the Unions, documented in the Union Settlement Agreements that are
attached hereto as Exhibits D-1, D-2, D-3 and D-4, which have been ratified by the Debtors
Union-represented employees and approved by the Bankruptcy Court, provides terms for settling all
outstanding issues between the Debtors and the Unions related to the Chapter 11 Cases. The Debtors
estimate that, as a result of the Union Settlement Agreements, together with the previously
announced closings of Debtors facilities in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Syracuse, Indiana, annual
expense savings in excess of $100 million will be generated. The Union Settlement Agreements
provide for, among other things:
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Union collective bargaining agreements (including the UAW Master Agreement),
effective until June 1, 2011, for the Debtors Union-represented facilities in the
United States; |
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2. |
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Modifications to healthcare, short-term and long-term disability and life
insurance benefits for Union-represented employees, effective January 1, 2008; |
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3. |
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Wage structure modifications effective upon Bankruptcy Court approval of the
Union Settlement Agreements; |
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4. |
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The elimination of Danas liabilities for non-pension retiree benefits for
Union-represented current and future retirees, and of healthcare and long-term
disability benefits for certain Union-represented employees, effective on the later of
January 1, 2008 and the Effective Date; the establishment by the Unions of separate,
Union-specific VEBAs to provide such benefits to eligible Union-represented employees
and retirees after that date; and the Debtors contribution of an aggregate cash amount
of $764 million (less amounts paid on behalf of Union-represented employees and
retirees on and after July 1, 2007 for long-term disability, healthcare and life
insurance claims) to fund the VEBAs; |
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5. |
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A freeze of credited service and benefit accruals under the Debtors defined
benefit pension plans for Union-represented employees, effective on the later of
January 1, 2008 and the Effective Date, with future benefits to be provided through
company participation in, and contributions to, a USW pension trust for some of such
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6. |
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Buyouts valued at $22,500 or $45,000 for certain retirement-eligible and
recently retired Union-represented employees, to be paid by Dana to each retiree not
sooner than 30 days following the later of the individuals retirement or his execution
and delivery of a covenant not to sue; and |
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Separation payments for eligible Union-represented employees at one
Union-represented facility in Indiana under a special voluntary separation program. |
The Union Settlement Agreements further memorialize certain other agreements between the
Debtors and the Unions, including, among others, agreements with respect to neutrality at certain
of the Debtors non-union facilities, the continuation of the Debtors manufacturing footprint
optimization program as modified by the Union Settlement
Agreements, and the reserve of New Dana Holdco Common Stock valued at up to $22.53 million to
provide post-emergence bonuses for certain Union-represented employees following the Debtors
emergence from bankruptcy in accordance with Appendix J to the Union Settlement Agreements.
The Union Settlement Agreements also set forth certain procedures that must be followed in the
event that the Debtors choose to pursue a transaction or means of reorganization different from
that contemplated under the Plan Support Agreement. In particular, in the event that the Debtors
choose to pursue an alternative investment that is determined by Danas Board of Directors to be
superior to the Centerbridge investment, set forth in the Plan Support Agreement, the Unions have
the right to consent to any such investment, with the Unions consent not to be unreasonably
withheld. If the Unions do not consent to the alternative investment, the Debtors and the Unions
have agreed to submit to mediation to determine whether the Unions have acted unreasonably, and, if
mediation is unsuccessful, the parties have agreed to submit the matter to arbitration. The
Creditors Committee will be a party to such arbitration. If the arbitrator finds that the Unions
acted reasonably in withholding their consent and the Debtors decide to proceed with the
alternative investment, the Unions will have the option to either terminate the Union Settlement
Agreements, in which case the Unions will have the right to strike, or elect not to terminate the
Union Settlement Agreements, in which case the Unions will have an Allowed Administrative Claim of
$764 million (or in some circumstances, the option of the $764 million Administrative Claim or an
Allowed General Unsecured Claim in Class 5F of $908 million). If the arbitrator finds that the
Unions did not act reasonably in withholding their consent, the Debtors will be permitted to
proceed with the alternative investment and the Union Settlement Agreements will remain in place.
Similarly, if the Debtors file any other plan of reorganization than the plan contemplated by
the Plan Support Agreement, including the filing of a stand-alone plan of reorganization by the
Debtors, the Unions will have the right to terminate the Union Settlement Agreements, triggering
the Unions right to strike, or elect not to terminate the Union Settlement Agreements, in which
case the Unions will be entitled to elect between receiving an Allowed Administrative Claim of $764
million or an Allowed general unsecured claim of $908 million.
In the event that the New Investment Agreement is terminated by Centerbridge other than as a
result of breach by the Debtors, the Union Settlement Agreements provide that the Unions will have
the right to designate a replacement investor, subject to the Debtors right to consent to any such
replacement investor, which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld. The Union Settlement
Agreements also provide that in the event that the Debtors are unwilling to consent to a
replacement investor, the parties will first mediate whether the Debtors have acted reasonably in
withholding their consent, and if mediation is unsuccessful, will submit the matter to arbitration.
If the arbitrator finds that the Debtors have acted reasonably in withholding their consent to a
replacement investor (or if the Unions fails to identify a replacement investor within 30 days from
Centerbridges notice of termination of the New Investment Agreement), the Debtors may pursue an
alternative plan of reorganization that is consistent with the Union Settlement Agreements, and the
Union Settlement Agreements will remain in place. On the other hand, if it is determined that the
Debtors acted unreasonably in withholding their consent, the Debtors will be required to accept the
Unions designated replacement investor.
B. The Plan Support Agreement
The Plan Support Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit D-5 sets forth the terms under which
the Unions, Centerbridge and certain holders of unsecured claims against the Debtors who may become
parties thereto, including the Supporting Creditors (collectively, the PSA Participants),
will support the Plan. The Supporting Creditors represent approximately $1.3 billion of the Bonds.
A list of Critical Elements to Be Included in a Plan of Reorganization (the Plan Term
Sheet) and the New Investment Agreement are attached to the Plan Support Agreement as,
respectively, Exhibits B and C. Among other things, the Plan Support Agreement provides as
follows:
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Centerbridge, the Unions and the PSA Participants will each support the
prosecution, confirmation and consummation of a plan of reorganization that is
consistent with the Plan Support Agreement and the |
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Plan Term Sheet, including
confirmation under section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and will not encourage other
Persons to take actions that would interfere with an orderly plan and disclosure
statement process; |
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Centerbridge will, and the Supporting Creditors may, purchase certain New
Preferred Stock on the terms set forth in the New Investment Agreement upon the
Effective Date; |
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The Debtors and the Unions will enter into the Union Settlement Agreements; |
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The Unions, Centerbridge, and the PSA Participants will engage in good faith
negotiations with other parties in interest regarding the form of a plan of
reorganization, the related disclosure statement and other definitive documents that
are consistent with the Plan Support Agreement; |
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5. |
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The Debtors will not propose, and Centerbridge and the Unions will not support,
any plan of reorganization premised upon the use of Section 382(l)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code and will propose only a plan of reorganization premised upon the use of
Section 382(l)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; |
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The Supporting Creditors agree not to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly (including by creating any subsidiary or
affiliate for the sole purpose of acquiring any Claims against any Debtor), their
right, title or interest in respect of any Claim against any Debtor unless the
recipient of such Claim agrees in writing, prior to such transfer, to be bound by the
Plan Support Agreement; |
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The plan of reorganization may not become effective if the total amount of
Allowed unsecured nonpriority Claims (but not including asbestos Claims, Claims of the
Unions, convenience class Claims to be paid in cash under a plan of reorganization,
intercompany Claims, including Claims of DCC, and Claims of the non-union retirees)
(with such exceptions, the PSA Unsecured Claims) against the Debtors exceeds
$3.25 billion, unless the Creditors Committee waives such condition consistent with
its fiduciary duties to all unsecured creditors; |
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The Debtors post-emergence funded debt will not exceed $1.5 billion; |
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The Debtors will obtain exit financing, on market terms and with parties
reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, sufficient to refinance the DIP Credit Agreement
and provide sufficient liquidity for working capital and general corporate purposes; |
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The Debtors plan of reorganization will provide, with reasonable certainty,
the sources and amounts of cash required to meet the Debtors cash payment obligations
to the Unions under the Union Settlement Agreements and will otherwise conform to the
terms of the Union Settlement Agreements; |
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Holders of Allowed PSA Unsecured Claims will receive, on account of their
Allowed unsecured nonpriority Claims, their pro rata portion of shares of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock and/or Cash in excess of the minimum cash required to operate the
Debtors business on the Effective Date and thereafter; |
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Holders of Allowed PSA Unsecured Claims who do not qualify to purchase New
Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to and consistent with the terms of the New
Investment Agreement will receive an amount of Cash or New Dana Holdco Common Stock
that is (a) determined to be reasonably acceptable to the Debtors, Centerbridge and the
Ad Hoc Steering Committee and (b) approved by the Bankruptcy Court; |
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The individuals that are anticipated to serve on the board of directors of New
Dana Holdco will negotiate employment agreements with initial senior management in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, who will consult with certain
other parties regarding such agreements; and |
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Except for the sale of certain businesses specified by the Debtors and
disclosed in confidence to the Unions, the Creditors Committee and Centerbridge on or
before July 1, 2007, and in addition to any requirements or consents required by the
DIP Lenders under the DIP Facility, the Debtors will not sell any business line within
their Automotive Systems Group or Commercial Vehicles Group prior to the |
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Effective Date without (a) the agreement of the International President of the affected Union(s) (or
any designee(s) of such officer(s)) and (b) the consent of Centerbridge. |
The Plan Support Agreement and Plan Term Sheet will expire and be of no further effect (1) for
the Unions, the Debtors and Centerbridge if the Plan fails to become effective on or before May 1,
2008, and (2) for any Supporting Creditor who exercises its right to terminate the Plan Support
Agreement, if the Plan fails to become effective on or before February 28, 2008.
C. The New Investment Agreement
THIS SECTION CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RIGHTS PROVIDED TO CERTAIN QUALIFIED
INVESTORS TO SUBSCRIBE TO NEW SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN. IF YOU ARE A
QUALIFIED INVESTOR, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY OF THE RIGHTS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION UNLESS
YOU SUBMIT A DULY EXECUTED SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, AS DESCRIBED BELOW, TO CENTERBRIDGE AND DANA
PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON THE FIFTH BUSINESS DAY AFTER DANA FILES A FORM 8-K WITH THE SEC
ANNOUNCING THE CONFIRMATION DATE.
The New Investment Agreement, provides for an investment of up to $750 million in New Dana
Holdco as follows: Centerbridge will purchase $250 million in New Series A Preferred Stock.
Qualified creditors of the Debtors who are Qualified Investors will have an opportunity to purchase
an additional $500 million in New Series B Preferred Stock on a pro rata basis. However, no
Qualified Investor and its Affiliates will be entitled to acquire beneficial ownership of more than
$200 million in aggregate liquidation preference of New Series B Preferred Stock. Centerbridge
will purchase up to $250 million in New Series B Preferred Stock that is not purchased by Qualified
Investors. Each share of New Preferred Stock will have a purchase price of $100. A copy of the
New Investment Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit D-6. The following summary of the New
Investment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the New Investment Agreement. Dana is in discussions with certain of its creditors about a
possible backstop commitment for the $250 million of New Series B Preferred Stock that is not
subject to the Centerbridge purchase commitment.
For purposes of the New Investment Agreement and this Section of the Disclosure Statement, the
following terms have the following meanings:
Acquired Bond Claims means Qualified Bond Claims that are transferred to a Person
who (1) is a QIB and (2) who assumes all of the obligations of the transferor under the Plan
Support Agreement in connection with such transfer. Acquired Bond Claims that are subsequently
transferred to a Person who (1) is a QIB and (2) who assumes all of the obligations of the
transferor under the Plan Support Agreement and delivers a signature page to the Plan Support
Agreement to Dana and Centerbridge within 5 Business Days of the closing of such transfer (however,
in no event later than the Confirmation Date) shall continue to be deemed Acquired Bond Claims.
An Affiliate of any Person means another Person that, directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under Common Control with,
such first Person; provided that as such term is used in the New Investment Agreement, Centerbridge
and CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC will not be considered to be Affiliates of Dana.
Bondholder Claims means all allowed liquidated, noncontingent, unsecured Claims on
account of the unsecured notes listed in the definition of Bondholders in the Plan Term Sheet.
Bondholder Record Date means August 13, 2007.
Claims means claims (as such term is defined under section 101 of the Bankruptcy
Code) against Dana or any rights to acquire such claims.
Control (including the terms Controlling, Controlled by and
under Common Control with) means possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
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Person means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer, as such term is defined in Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
Qualified Bond Claims means the net Bondholder Claims (after subtracting short
positions and/or other hedge positions) that are beneficially owned as of the Bondholder Record
Date by a Person
who (1) together with its Affiliates, holds Bondholder Claims and/or Trade Claims in an
aggregate amount equal to or greater than the Threshold Amount; (2) is a QIB; and (3) executes and
delivers a signature page to the Plan Support Agreement on or before the Bondholder Record Date.
Qualified Investor means a Person, other than the Unions, who (1) together with its
Affiliates, beneficially owns Qualified Bond Claims, Acquired Bond Claims, and/or Qualified Trade
Claims (such claims collectively, the Participating Claims) in an aggregate amount equal
to or greater than the Threshold Amount; (2) is a QIB; (3) is qualified to make the representations
and warranties in, and who delivers to Dana within the timeframe specified in Section 1.2 of the
New Investment Agreement, a duly executed copy of, a Subscription Agreement; and (4) has not at any
time during the period from the Bondholder Record Date through and including the Effective Date,
engaged in any short sales of New Dana Holdco Common Stock or Claims, any transactions involving
options (including exchange-traded options), puts, calls or other derivatives involving securities
of New Dana Holdco or any other transactions of any type that would have the effect of providing
such Person with any other economic gain in the event of a decrease in the current or future market
price of Claims or New Dana Holdco Common Stock (unless the Person has engaged in such activity
pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Plan Support Agreement) or otherwise breached any covenants or
agreements in the Subscription Agreement.
Qualified Trade Claims means Trade Claims that are beneficially owned as of the
Trade Claims Record Date by a Person who (1) together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns Trade
Claims, Qualified Bond Claims and/or Acquired Bond Claims in an aggregate amount equal to or
greater than the Threshold Amount; (2) is a QIB; and (3) executes and delivers a signature page to
the Plan Support Agreement on or before the Trade Claims Record Date.
Threshold Amount means $25 million.
Trade Claims means all allowed liquidated, noncontingent, unsecured Claims other
than Bondholder Claims.
Trade Claims Record Date means the Confirmation Date.
1. Participation as Series B Investors
The record date for determining which Bonds will qualify to participate in the purchase of New
Series B Preferred Stock under the New Investment Agreement was August 13, 2007. The record date
for determining which Trade Claims will qualify to participate in the purchase of New Series B
Preferred Stock will be the Confirmation Date.
In order to qualify a Bond to participate in the purchase of New Series B Preferred Stock, the
following criteria must be met:
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The holder must have executed and delivered a signature page to the Plan
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As of the Bondholder Record Date, Dana has received signature pages to the Plan Support
Agreement from entities representing that they beneficially owned approximately $1.3 billion in
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Holders of Bonds who qualify under these requirements and who (a) do not engage in hedging
activities as described the definition of Qualified Investor above after the Bondholder Record
Date and before the Effective Date and (b) sign and deliver a Subscription Agreement prior to the
Subscription Deadline, will be considered Qualified Investors and their Bonds will be considered
Participating Bonds.
In addition, each transferee of a Participating Bond will continue to hold a Participating
Bond if:
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in the form of the Transferee Acknowledgement, attached hereto as Exhibit D-7, within
five Business Days after the closing of an acquisition by a Supporting Creditor (but in
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It owns $25 million or more in Participating Bonds and Trade Claims
(aggregated) at the time it delivers such Transferee Acknowledgment, at the time it
delivers a Subscription Agreement and at the Effective Date. |
The record date for Trade Claims to be considered for participation in the purchase of New
Series B Preferred Stock will be the Confirmation Date. Trade Claims may be aggregated with
Participating Bonds for purposes of determining whether the $25 million threshold is met. In order
to be eligible to purchase New Series B Preferred Stock under the New Investment Agreement, holders
of Trade Claims must otherwise meet the same criteria as is applicable to holders of Participating
Bonds except that the holder of Trade Claims (a) may execute the signature page for the Plan
Support Agreement at any time prior to the Confirmation Date and (b) with respect to any Trade
Claim acquired from a transferor of such Claim, prior to the date of the Confirmation Hearing, must
have (i) completed all actions necessary to effect the transfer of the Trade Claim pursuant to
Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e) or (ii) filed (A) the documentation required by Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e) to
evidence the transfer and (B) a sworn statement of the transferor supporting the validity of the
transfer. In determining the amount of Bonds owned on the Bondholder Record Date for eligibility
and participation in the New Series B Preferred Stock, the calculation will be done net of short
positions and/or other hedging positions.
The Participating Bonds may trade at different prices from the Bonds that are not
Participating Bonds.
If a bondholder meets the Qualified Investor requirements, the holders Participating Bonds
purchased after the Bondholder Record Date and Trade Claims purchased up until the Confirmation
Date will count as claims eligible to purchase a pro rata share of the New Series B Preferred
Stock, subject to a cap of $200 million of New Series B Preferred Stock per investor and its
affiliates.
2. Subscription and Allocation of New Series B Preferred Stock
a. Subscriptions
Subscription Agreements must be delivered by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the fifth Business Day
after Dana files a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC announcing the Confirmation Date (the
Subscription Deadline) to Dana and Centerbridge at the address set forth in that Form 8-K
for that purpose. Each Qualified Investor who wishes to purchase New Series B Preferred Stock must
execute and deliver a Subscription Agreement in the form of Exhibit C to the New Investment
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D-6 (each a Subscription Agreement) prior to the
Subscription Deadline. The terms of the Subscription Agreement are described in greater detail
below in Section VII.D.5.
In the Subscription Agreement, each Qualified Investor must represent as to the total
Participating Claims it beneficially owns, specifying which are Qualified Bond Claims, Qualified
Trade Claims or Acquired Bond Claims. The Qualified Investor will indicate as to all of its
Participating Claims (on an all-or-none basis) whether it wishes to subscribe for its pro rata
share of New Series B Preferred Stock (the Primary Subscription) and whether it wishes to
participate in any undersubscribed shares that will be allocated as described below. [The
Qualified Investor may specify a maximum
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willing to purchase (Maximum Subscription), which may not exceed $200 million.]
b. Determination of Participating Claim Pool
Promptly after the Subscription Deadline, [ ], as Subscription Agent (the
Subscription Agent) and Dana will determine the aggregate total of Participating Claims
held by Qualified
Investors (the Participating Claims Pool), based on the information provided by
Supporting Creditors in the Subscription Agreements, the Plan Support Agreement signatures, any
Transferee Acknowledgments received by Dana and other available information, if any.
The Subscription Agent will tabulate the subscriptions, verify the represented holdings of
subscribers against information provided to it by Dana and information and proof of holdings,
including brokerage statements and/or medallion certified letters, provided to it or Dana upon
request made to the subscriber, verify the Qualified Investor status based on the information
provided in the Subscription Agreements and calculate the amount of each subscribers Primary
Subscription and Undersubscription Allocation, if any, of the $500 million of New Series B
Preferred Stock.
c. Primary Subscription
The Primary Subscription for each subscriber will be calculated by dividing (i) the
Participating Claims as to which such subscriber has indicated that it wishes to subscribe for as a
Primary Subscription by (ii) the total Participating Claims Pool.
d. Undersubscription Allocation
To the extent that Primary Subscriptions are for less than $250 million of the New Series B
Preferred Stock, Centerbridge will purchase New Series B Preferred Stock equal to the difference
between $250 million and the total Primary Subscriptions. To the extent that Primary Subscriptions
are for less than $500 million, an amount of New Series B Preferred Stock will be available for an
undersubscription allocation. The amount of New Series B Preferred Stock available for the
Undersubscription Allocation will be equal to the difference between $250 million and the amount by
which Primary Subscriptions exceed $250 million (the Undersubscription Pool). Subject to
the limitations described in the following paragraph, Qualified Investors who have indicated in
their Subscription Agreement that they wish to participate in undersubscribed shares with respect
to all of their Participating Claims (the Undersubscription Subscribers), will be
allocated an additional amount of New Series B Preferred Stock for purchase, equal to their pro
rata share of the Undersubscription Pool calculated based on the proportion that the Participating
Claims beneficially held by them bears to the total amount of Participating Claims of
Undersubscription Subscribers (the Undersubscription Allocation).
In no event will any Qualified Investor and its affiliates be entitled to acquire beneficial
ownership of more than $200 million in face amount of New Series B Preferred Stock[, nor will any
Qualified Investor be required to purchase more than its Maximum Subscription]. For purposes of
the preceding paragraph, the amount of Primary Subscriptions will be reduced to the extent the
limitations in this paragraph apply.
e. Announcement of Allocations
Dana will notify individual subscribing Qualified Investors of their total allocation within
[10] Business Days after the Subscription Deadline, by facsimile to the number provided in the
Qualified Investors Subscription Agreement.
f. Payment; Failure to Remit Payment
Payment for all shares of New Series B Preferred Stock must be delivered to Dana within two
Business Days of notice from Dana of the allocation of New Series B Preferred to the holders of
Participating Claims. So long as it would not result in Centerbridge owning more than $250 million
in face amount of New Series B Preferred Stock, to the extent any Qualified Investor fails to remit
payment by that time, the New Series B Preferred Stock such Qualified Investor would otherwise have
been entitled to purchase will be purchased by Centerbridge. Notwithstanding such purchase by
Centerbridge, Dana reserves all rights and recourse against any non-paying subscriber.
3. General Provisions
The New Investment Agreement also provides as follows, among other things:
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At the Effective Date, the New Preferred Stock will be issued and will have the terms
set forth in the certificate of designations of 4.0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
and 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, a form of which is attached to the New
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At the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco and Centerbridge will enter into a Shareholders
Agreement, a form of which is attached as Exhibit D to the New Investment Agreement (which
is Exhibit D-6 hereto), containing the rights and restrictions described below under
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The initial board of directors of New Dana Holdco will be composed of seven members as
follows: three directors (one must be independent) chosen by Centerbridge, two Independent
Directors chosen by the Creditors Committee, one Independent Director chosen by the
Creditors Committee from a list of three Independent Directors proffered by Centerbridge
and a process described in the Plan, and the CEO of New Dana Holdco. |
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Dana has made certain representations and warranties to Centerbridge in the New
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the existence, organization, qualification and good standing of Dana, its
significant subsidiaries and New Dana Holdco; |
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the power and authority of Dana and its significant subsidiaries and New Dana
Holdco to own their properties and conduct their businesses; |
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Dana and New Dana Holdcos power and authority to execute and deliver all
transaction documents contemplated by the New Investment Agreement (the
Transaction Documents) to be executed and delivered by them and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the New Investment Agreement; |
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the validity and enforceability of the Transaction Documents; |
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New Dana Holdco capitalization; |
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the absence of registration rights other than those specified in the Registrations Rights Agreements; |
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the absence of preemptive rights other than those included in the certificate of
designations attached as Exhibit B to the New Investment Agreement; |
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the duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable nature of the
New Preferred Stock and the stock of Danas significant subsidiaries; |
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no conflicts between the Transaction Documents and the investment by
Centerbridge, on the one hand, and the organizational documents of Dana, its
subsidiaries and New Dana Holdco, applicable laws and orders, and applicable
contracts and other agreements, on the other hand; |
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no necessary governmental and other third-party consents and approvals; |
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no undisclosed liabilities of New Dana Holdco and its subsidiaries; |
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no violations of organizational documents and laws and defaults regarding
applicable agreements and instruments by Dana and its significant subsidiaries; |
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no pending, threatened or contemplated litigation or legal, governmental or other
proceedings or investigations; |
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collective bargaining agreements, labor organizational activities, grievances or
charges, and compliance with labor laws, agreements and practices; |
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ownership of or rights to use intellectual property, and intellectual property
registrations and applications; |
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trade secrets and intellectual property; |
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title to real and personal property, and leases and subleases; |
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no undisclosed relationships reportable in securities filings; |
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governmental and third-party licenses and permits; |
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compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and the accuracy of
related disclosures in securities filings; |
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tax matters; |
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compensation, retirement and benefits laws matters; |
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securities filings and financial statements; |
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insurance matters; |
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applicable brokers fees; |
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the applicability of state takeover statutes; and |
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the status of Danas shareholder rights plan. |
All such representations and warranties of Dana were qualified by the disclosures in Danas
SEC filings (excepting only forward-looking statements) and the company disclosure letter delivered
by the Company to Centerbridge in connection with the execution of the New Investment Agreement
(the Company Disclosure Letter). Accordingly, the representations and warranties
contained in the New Dana Investment Agreement should not be relied on by any persons as
characterizations of the actual state of facts about the parties at the time they were made or
otherwise. None of such representations and warranties of Dana will survive the closing of the
transactions contemplated by the New Investment Agreement.
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Centerbridge has made certain representations and warranties to Dana in order to
proceed with its investment, including regarding: |
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the existence, organization and good standing of Centerbridge and certain of its
affiliates; |
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the power and authority of Centerbridge and certain of its affiliates to execute
and deliver the Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the New Investment Agreement; |
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the validity and enforceability of the Transaction Documents; |
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no conflicts between the Transaction Documents and the investment by
Centerbridge, on the one hand, and the organizational documents of Centerbridge and
certain of its affiliates, applicable laws and orders, and applicable contracts and
other agreements, on the other hand; |
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no necessary governmental and other third-party consents and approvals; |
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no undisclosed agreements relating to Dana, any of its subsidiaries, the Unions
or Danas creditors, officers, directors, employees or representatives; |
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no applicable brokers fees; |
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Centerbridge and certain of its affiliates possessing sufficient funding for the investment; |
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the sophistication of Centerbridge and certain of its affiliates; and |
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ownership of Dana securities and related businesses. |
None of such representations and warranties of Centerbridge will survive the closing of the
transactions contemplated by the New Investment Agreement.
f) In connection with the New Investment Agreement, Dana agreed, among other things, to:
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use its reasonable best efforts to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval of the New
Investment Agreement and its fees payable to Centerbridge and the Plan Support
Agreement; |
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file the Debtors plan of reorganization and disclosure statement with the
Bankruptcy Court, and consult with Centerbridge regarding the Debtors plan of
reorganization and disclosure statement; |
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take action to prevent the applicability of Danas shareholder rights plan to the
issuance of the New Preferred Stock; |
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use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that individuals negotiating employment
agreements pursuant to the Plan consult with Centerbridge and that such employment
agreements are on market terms and are reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge; |
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generally conduct its business from the date of the New Investment Agreement
through the closing of the transactions contemplated by the New Investment Agreement
in the usual and ordinary course of business and to seek the prior written consent
of Centerbridge before conducting certain non-ordinary course activities as
specified in the New Investment Agreement, subject to exceptions provided in the New
Investment Agreement and the Company Disclosure Letter; |
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cooperate with Centerbridge regarding press releases and other public statements
and government and securities exchange filings; |
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timely make and pursue certain requisite regulatory filings; and |
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take reasonable efforts to close the transactions contemplated by the New Investment Agreement. |
g) In connection with the New Investment Agreement, Centerbridge agreed to:
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use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that individuals negotiating employment
agreements pursuant to the Plan consult with Centerbridge and that such employment
agreements are on market terms and are reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge,
subject to the approval by the Board of Directors of New Dana Holdco on the
Effective Date; |
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cooperate with Dana or New Dana Holdco regarding press releases and other public
statements and government and securities exchange filings; |
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timely make and pursue certain requisite regulatory filings; and |
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The closing of the investment by Centerbridge will be subject to certain conditions
applicable to Centerbridge and its subsidiary, on the one hand, and Dana and New Dana
Holdco, on the other hand, including: |
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all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Debtors plan of
reorganization being satisfied or waived; |
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all applicable antitrust waiting periods having terminated or expired; |
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no orders, laws or other legal restraints preventing the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the New Investment Agreement being in effect; |
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the Bankruptcy Court having approved of the New Investment Agreement and the fees
payable to Centerbridge and the Plan Support Agreement; and |
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the Union Settlement Agreement having been approved by the Bankruptcy Court and
has not terminated. |
Danas obligations to close the transactions contemplated under the New Investment
Agreement are subject to additional conditions, including:
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all applicable closing deliveries having been delivered to New Dana Holdco; |
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except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on Centerbridge and its subsidiarys ability to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the New Investment Agreement, Centerbridges and its subsidiarys
representations and warranties contained in the New Investment Agreement being true
and correct in all respects on the closing of the transactions contemplated by the
New Investment Agreement, as certified by an executive officers certificate of
Centerbridge; |
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Centerbridges and its subsidiarys covenants contained in the New Investment
Agreement having been complied with in all material respects, as certified by an
executive officers certificate of Centerbridge; |
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the Plan having been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in a form reasonably
acceptable to Dana and consistent with the Plan Term Sheet; and |
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the Plan, in a form reasonably acceptable to Dana and consistent with the Plan
Term Sheet, having been implemented in all material respects and in a manner
acceptable to Dana. |
Centerbridges affiliates obligations to close the transactions contemplated under the New
Investment Agreement are also subject to additional conditions, including:
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all applicable closing deliveries having been delivered to Centerbridges
affiliates; |
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except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Dana Material
Adverse Effect (as defined below), Danas and New Dana Holdcos representations and
warranties contained in the New Investment Agreement being true and correct in all
respects on the closing of the transactions contemplated by the New Investment
Agreement, as certified by an executive officers certificate of Dana or New Dana
Holdco; |
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Danas and New Dana Holdcos covenants contained in the New Investment Agreement
having been complied with in all material respects, as certified by an executive
officers certificate of Dana or New Dana Holdco; |
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no Dana Material Adverse Effect having occurred, as certified by an executive
officers certificate of Dana or New Dana Holdco; |
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the Plan having been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on or before February 28,
2008, in a form reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge and consistent with the Plan
Term Sheet; |
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Dana having obtained exit financing with parties and on market terms reasonably
acceptable to Centerbridge; |
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the Plan and this Disclosure Statement having been filed with the Bankruptcy
Court no later than September 3, 2007; |
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the Plan, in a form reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, having been
implemented in all material respects in a manner acceptable to Centerbridge
consistent with the Plan Term Sheet and the New Investment Agreement; |
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New Dana Holdcos charter (or applicable amendments to Danas charter) having
been filed with the Secretary of State of such companys organization, and such
charter (or amendments) and the bylaws of New Dana Holdco, as certified by either
Dana or New Dana Holdco in a secretarys certificate, being reasonably acceptable to
Centerbridge and consistent with the New Investment Agreement and its exhibits as
necessary to implement the transactions contemplated by the New Investment
Agreement, the Plan, the Plan Support Agreement and the Plan Term Sheet; and |
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the initial board of directors of New Dana Holdco consisting of seven directors
as described above. |
For purposes of this section of the Disclosure Statement, Dana Material Adverse
Effect means any change, effect, event or condition that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect (i) on the business, results of operations or financial
condition of Dana, New Dana Holdco and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) that would
prevent Dana from timely consummating the transactions contemplated hereby in all material
respects; provided, however, that the definition of Dana Material Adverse Effect will not include
facts, circumstances, events, changes, effects or occurrences (i) generally affecting the industry
in which Dana and its subsidiaries or their customers operate, or the economy or the financial,
credit or securities markets, in the United States or other countries in which Dana or its
subsidiaries operate, including effects on such industries, economy or markets resulting from any
regulatory and political conditions or developments in general, or any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism (other than any of the foregoing that
causes any damage or destruction to or renders physically unusable or inaccessible any facility or
property of Dana or any of its subsidiaries); (ii) reflecting or resulting from changes in law or
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (or authoritative interpretations
thereof); (iii) resulting from actions of Dana or any of its subsidiaries that Centerbridge has
expressly requested in writing or to which Centerbridge has expressly consented to in writing; (iv)
to the extent resulting from the announcement of the investment and the transactions contemplated
thereby, including any lawsuit related thereto or any loss or threatened loss of or adverse change
or threatened adverse change, in each case resulting therefrom, in the relationship of Dana or its
subsidiaries with its customers, suppliers, employees or others; (v) resulting from changes in the
market price or trading volume of Danas securities, provided that the exceptions in this clause
(vi) are strictly limited to any such change or failure in and of itself and will not prevent or
otherwise affect a determination that any fact, circumstance, event, change, effect or occurrence
underlying such change or such failure has resulted in, or contributed to a Dana Material Adverse
Effect; (vii) resulting from the suspension of trading in securities generally on any U.S. national
securities exchange; or (viii) resulting from changes in the pool of claims (as such term is
defined in Section 1.01(5) of the Bankruptcy Code); except to the extent that, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii), the impact of such fact, circumstance, event, change, effect or occurrence is
disproportionately adverse to Dana and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other
Persons engaged in the industries in which Dana and its subsidiaries compete.
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Centerbridge and Dana may terminate the New Investment Agreement by mutual consent.
The New Investment Agreement may also be terminated by either Centerbridge or Dana if: |
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the Debtors have not emerged from bankruptcy by May 1, 2008, and the terminating
party has fulfilled its obligations under the New Investment Agreement; |
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any governmental entity has taken any action that is final and nonappealable to
permanently enjoin, restrain or prohibit the consummation of the investment by
Centerbridge or any other transaction contemplated by the New Investment Agreement; |
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the Chapter 11 Cases are dismissed or converted to Chapter 7 cases under the
Bankruptcy Code or a Chapter 11 trustee is appointed; or |
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the other party has breached its representations and warranties, covenants or
agreements, the breach cannot be cured or has not been timely cured, the breach
would result in a failure of a condition to closing of the investment of the
terminating party (and, in the case of Centerbridge, if pursuant to an order of the
Bankruptcy Court the Debtors no longer have an exclusive right to file a plan of
reorganization), and the terminating party is not in material breach of any of its
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Dana may terminate the New Investment Agreement on its own if:
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the Debtors accept a proposal for an alternative minority investment determined
by Danas board of directors to be superior to the New Investment Agreement and the
Centerbridge investment (after taking into account any amendments offered by
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the Debtors accept a proposal for an alternative majority investment, the sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of Dana and its subsidiaries as a going
concern and not as a liquidation, or a standalone plan of reorganization proposed by
Dana without any party providing equity financing, in each case that Danas board of
directors determines would be more favorable to the Debtors bankruptcy estates than
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a $15 million break-up fee and an expense reimbursement of up to $4 million if
the Debtors accept a proposal for an alternative minority investment determined by
Danas board of directors to be superior to the New Investment Agreement and the
Centerbridge investment (and Centerbridge and its subsidiary have not breached their
representations and warranties, covenants or agreements in any material respect);
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a $22.5 million break-up fee and an expense reimbursement of up to $4 million if
the Debtors accept a proposal for an alternative majority investment, the sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of Dana and its subsidiaries as a going
concern and not as a liquidation, or a standalone plan of reorganization proposed by
Dana without any party providing equity financing, in each case that Danas board of
directors determines would be more favorable to the Debtors bankruptcy estates than
the Centerbridge investment and the Plan (and Centerbridge and its subsidiary have
not breached their representations and warranties, covenants or agreements in any
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Centerbridge will be entitled to a $2.5 million commitment fee and an expense
reimbursement of up to $4 million if the New Investment Agreement is terminated because the
Debtors have not emerged from bankruptcy by May 1, 2008. |
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Centerbridge will be entitled to a $3.5 million termination fee and an expense
reimbursement of up to $4 million if the New Investment Agreement is terminated because the
Chapter 11 Cases are dismissed or converted to Chapter 7 cases under the Bankruptcy Code,
if a Chapter 11 trustee is appointed or if Centerbridge terminates the New Investment
Agreement because of a breach by Dana, as described above. |
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On the Effective Date, Centerbridge will be entitled to a $2.5 million commitment fee
and an expense reimbursement of up to $4 million. |
Because the conversion price for the New Preferred Stock is based on the market price of New
Dana Holdcos Common Stock, the percentage of the total voting power of New Dana Holdco that will
be represented by the New Preferred Stock will not be known until after Dana emerges from Chapter
11. However, because there is a minimum and maximum conversion price for the New Preferred Stock,
the $750 million of New Preferred Stock would, if converted, represent between approximately 30
percent and 34 percent of the fully diluted New Dana Holdco Common Stock, subject to adjustment
based on the actual net debt and minority interests of New Dana Holdco at the Effective Date as
described below under Subsection VII.D.3.b.
D. New Dana Holdco
1. Corporate Existence
On the Effective Date: (a) New Dana Holdco will be incorporated and will exist thereafter as
a separate corporate entity, with all corporate powers in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents); and
(b) except as otherwise provided in the Plan, each Debtor will, as a Reorganized Debtor, continue
to exist after the Effective Date as a separate legal entity, with all of the powers of such legal
entity under applicable law, its certificates of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable
constituent documents), and without
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prejudice to any right to alter or terminate such existence
(whether by merger, dissolution or otherwise) under applicable state law.
2. Governance
Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date and except as expressly provided in the Plan, the
management, control and operation of: (a) New Dana Holdco will become the general responsibility
of the New Dana Holdco Board, as constituted in the Plan and pursuant to New Dana Holdcos
certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents); and (b) the other
Reorganized Debtors will become the general responsibility of their respective boards of directors
as such are constituted pursuant to such subsidiaries existing certificates of incorporation and
bylaws (or comparable constituent documents).
a. The Board of Directors of New Dana Holdco
The initial board of directors of New Dana Holdco will be composed of seven members as
follows: three directors (one must be independent) chosen by Centerbridge, two Independent
Directors chosen by the Creditors Committee, one Independent Director chosen by the Creditors
Committee from a list of three Independent Directors proffered by Centerbridge and a process
described in the Plan, and the CEO of New Dana Holdco. The initial board of directors of New Dana
Holdco will consist of the individuals identified on, or will be designated pursuant to the
procedures specified on, Exhibit V.C.2 to the Plan. Each such director will serve from and after
the Effective Date until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until
his or her earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the terms of the certificates
of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of New Dana Holdco and applicable
state law.
Beginning at the first annual meeting of shareholders of New Dana Holdco following emergence,
and for as long as Centerbridge owns at least $125 million of the New Series A Preferred Stock, New
Dana Holdcos board of directors will be composed as described below under Subsection VII.D.4.b.
[More to come.]
b. Executive Officers of New Dana Holdco
Immediately following the Effective Date, the initial officers of New Dana Holdco will be [to
come]. Thereafter, such officers will serve as provided in New Dana Holdcos certificate of
incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents).
Prior to the Effective Date, the individuals who are serving as directors of New Dana Holdco
will appoint a three-person committee of such directors to negotiate, in consultation with
Centerbridge, post-Effective Date employment agreements with New Dana Holdcos anticipated senior
management team. Such employment agreements must be (i) at market terms, (ii) reasonably
acceptable in form and substance to Centerbridge, in consultation with the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee as set forth in the Plan Term Sheet, and (iii) approved by New Dana Holdcos board of
directors on the Effective Date.
3. New Dana Holdco Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
a. Common Stock
As of the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, New Dana Holdco will initially issue up to 100
million shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock, of which: (i) approximately [___] shares will
be distributed to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F, (ii) approximately
[___] shares will be contributed to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, (iii) between [___]
and [___] shares will be initially reserved for issuance upon conversion of the New Preferred
Stock, and (iv) [___] shares will be reserved for payment of the post-emergence bonuses to Union
employees.
In addition to the New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be issued initially pursuant to the Plan,
New Dana Holdco also will be authorized to issue additional shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock
from time to time following the Effective Date under the provisions of New Dana Holdcos
certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) and applicable law.
The holders of New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be entitled to one vote
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per each share held of
record on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, except for the election of directors
elected by the holders of the New Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms thereof or as otherwise
limited by the terms of the New Preferred Stock or any preferred stock issued after the Effective
Date.
Subject to the terms of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent
documents) of New Dana Holdco (including the certificate of designation of 4.0% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock), holders of the New Dana
Holdco Common Stock will be entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by New
Dana Holdcos Board of Directors out of funds legally available for payment of dividends. New Dana
Holdco does not anticipate paying dividends on the New Dana Holdco Common Stock. See Risk Factors
Risks Related to the Securities. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
New Dana Holdco, holders of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be entitled to share ratably in
all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and the liquidation preference of any additional
issuances of preferred stock, including the New Preferred Stock. All of the outstanding shares of
the New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plan, upon such issuance, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will
have no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights.
The transfer agent for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be [______].
New Dana Holdco intends to apply to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a national
exchange as soon as practicable after the Effective Date when New Dana Holdco meets the listing
requirements. However, it is unlikely that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will qualify for
listing at the time it is issued, and there can be no assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common
Stock will ever be listed on a national exchange. If New Dana Holdco is not able to list such
securities on a national exchange, it intends to cooperate with any registered broker-dealer who
may seek to initiate price quotations for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin
Board. Again, however, no assurance can be made that such securities will be quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board or that an active trading market will exist.
b. New Preferred Stock
As of the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco will be authorized to issue the New Preferred Stock,
which will consist of (i) 2,500,000 shares of 4.0% series A convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the New Series A Preferred Stock), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of 4.0%
series B convertible preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the New Series B Preferred
Stock) the terms of which will be governed by the certificate of designations attached as
Exhibit V.C.1.a to the Plan. New Dana Holdco will issue to Centerbridge, in consideration for its
investment in New Dana Holdco, the New Series A Preferred Stock and up to $250 million in New
Series B Preferred Stock that is not purchased by Qualified Investors pursuant to a duly executed
Subscription Agreement that is timely delivered to Centerbridge and Dana. New Dana Holdco also
will issue and additional up to $250 million in New Series B Preferred Stock to Qualified Investors
who have timely delivered to Centerbridge and Dana a duly executed Subscription Agreement. See
Subsection VII.C.2 Subscription and Allocation of New Series B Preferred Stock; Subsection
VII.D.5 Subscription Agreement. The following summary of the terms of the New Preferred Stock
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the certificate of
designations attached as Exhibit V.C.1.a to the Plan.
Subject to a collar based on a total enterprise value of New Dana Holdco of between $3.15
billion and $3.5 billion as described in subsections (i) and (ii) below, the price at which each
share of New Preferred Stock will be convertible into New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be 83% of
its distributable market equity value per share, which is the per share value of the New Dana
Holdco Common Stock determined by calculating the 20-day volume weighted average trading price of
such common stock on the principal exchange or over-the-counter market on which it trades (using
the 22 trading days beginning on and including the first trading day after the Effective Date but
disregarding the days with the highest and lowest volume weighted average sale price during such
period). If, as a result of such determination and assuming that New Dana Holdco issues up to $750
million of New Preferred Stock (measured by liquidation preference) on the Effective Date:
(i) the holders of the New Preferred Stock would own, on an as-converted, fully diluted
basis, less than 30.4% of New Dana Holdcos fully diluted shares (which for this purpose
means the number of shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock, plus the number of shares of New
Dana Holdco Common Stock that would be issued upon conversion of the New Preferred Stock),
necessary adjustments will be made such that the holders of New Preferred Stock will own, on
an as-converted, fully diluted basis, 30.4% of New Dana Holdcos fully diluted shares; or
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(ii) the holders of the New Preferred Stock would own, on an as-converted, fully diluted
basis, more than 34.4% of New Dana Holdcos fully diluted shares, necessary adjustments will
be made such that the holders of New Preferred Stock will own, on an as-converted, fully
diluted basis, 34.4% of New Dana Holdcos fully diluted shares.
The percentages referred to in the preceding paragraph are subject to adjustment to the extent
that New Dana Holdcos net debt plus the value of its minority interests as of the Effective Date
is an amount other than $525 million, subject to revision upon the agreement of the Debtors,
Centerbridge, the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the Creditors Committee as a result of the
Debtors business plan filed with the Disclosure Statement and the actual structure of the Plan.
The New Series B Preferred Stock and shares of New Series A Preferred Stock having an
aggregate liquidation preference of not more than $125 million will be convertible at any time at
the option of the applicable holder after the six-month anniversary of the Effective Date. In
addition, in the event that the New Dana Holdco Common Stocks per share closing sales price
exceeds 140% of the distributable market equity value per share (determined as described above) for
at least 20 consecutive trading days beginning on or after the fifth anniversary of the Effective
Date, New Dana Holdco will be able to force conversion of all, but not less than all, of the New
Preferred Stock. The price at which the New Preferred Stock will be convertible will be subject to
adjustment in certain customary circumstances, including as a result of stock splits and
combinations, dividends and distributions and certain issuances of common stock or common stock
derivatives.
The New Preferred Stock will be entitled to dividends at an annual rate of 4%, payable
quarterly in cash. The shares will have equal voting rights and will vote together as a single
class with the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on an as-converted basis, except that the New Series A
Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote as a separate class to elect three directors as described
in the following paragraph. For purposes of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of New Dana
Holdco, the New Preferred Stock will rank senior to any other class or series of capital stock of
New Dana Holdco, the terms of which are not expressly senior to or on parity with the New Preferred
Stock.
Beginning at the first annual meeting of shareholders of New Dana Holdco following emergence,
and for as long as Centerbridge owns at least $125 million of the New Series A Preferred Stock, New
Dana Holdcos board of directors will be composed of seven members, as follows: (i) three
directors (one of whom must be independent) designated by Centerbridge and elected by holders of
the New Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) one Independent Director nominated by a special purpose
nominating committee composed of two Centerbridge designees and one other board member pursuant to
the Shareholders Agreement (as defined below) described in Subsection VII.D.4 below, and (iii)
three directors nominated by New Dana Holdcos board. With the exception of the three directors
elected by holders of the New Series A Preferred Stock, the remaining directors will be elected by
holders of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and any other class of capital stock entitled to vote in
the election of directors (including the New Preferred Stock), voting together as a single class at
each meeting of shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors. Holders of New Preferred
Stock will also have the right to elect two directors in the event that six quarterly dividends on
the New Preferred Stock are accrued but unpaid, unless at such time the holders of New Series A
Preferred Stock continue to have the right to elect three directors pursuant to this paragraph.
Holders of New Preferred Stock will be subject to lockup provisions prohibiting its sale or
conversion for six months after the Effective Date and, for an additional 30 months, prohibiting
the sale or conversion of New Series A Preferred Stock having, in either case, a liquidation
preference of more than $125 million.
Until such time as Centerbridge no longer beneficially owns at least 50% of the shares of New
Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at such time, holders of New Series A Preferred Stock will
have preemptive rights with respect to issuances of new shares of capital stock of New Dana Holdco,
other than certain issuances to employees, directors or consultants of New Dana Holdco or in
connection with certain business acquisitions. Such preemptive rights must be offered by New Dana
Holdco on the same terms and purchase price as the new shares of capital stock to which such rights
relate.
c. Stockholder Action and Special Meetings of Stockholders
Holders of 20% or more of the voting power of New Dana Holdco capital stock will be entitled
to require New Dana Holdco to call a special meeting of its shareholders.
[More to come.]
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Centerbridge, on the one hand, and the other investors in the New Series B Preferred Stock, on
the other hand, will enter into separate Registration Rights Agreements with New Dana Holdco in
connection with the Plan (the forms of which are attached to the New Investment Agreement as
Exhibits E and F, each a Registration Rights Agreement) that will provide registration
rights for their shares of New Preferred Stock and certain other New Dana Holdco equity securities.
Parties to the Registration Rights Agreements holding New Preferred Stock are referred to as
Investors. The following summary of the Registration Rights Agreements does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form Registration Rights
Agreements attached to the New Investment Agreement.
Under each Registration Rights Agreement, Investors collectively holding more than 50% of the
securities registrable under such Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the Registrable
Securities) have demand registration rights to request that New Dana Holdco use its reasonable
best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities held by such requesting
Investors, plus the Registrable Securities of any other Investor giving New Dana Holdco a timely
request to join in such registration (a Demand Registration). The Investors under each
Registration Rights Agreement are allowed just one Demand Registration, and demand registration
rights are assignable to transferees of Registrable Securities that agree to be bound by the
provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.
Additionally, under the Registration Rights Agreements, if New Dana Holdco proposes to
register any of its equity securities for its own account or for the account of other stockholders,
then New Dana Holdco must provide the Investors with piggyback registration rights to have their
Registrable Securities included in such registration statement pro rata after the securities that
New Dana Holdco is registering (a Piggyback Registration). Once New Dana Holdco has
qualified to use a registration statement on Form S-3, the Investors are allowed up to four
additional Demand Registrations under each Registrations Rights Agreement.
New Dana Holdco is not required to effect either a Demand Registration or a Piggyback
Registration under the following circumstances if: (i) New Dana Holdco would have to consent to
service of process to effect the registration; (ii) the Registrable Securities requested to be
included in the registration have an aggregate public offering price below [$___]; (iii) New Dana
Holdco is actively pursuing another registration of its securities; or (iv) New Dana Holdco
determines the Demand Registration would be seriously detrimental to New Dana Holdco or its
stockholders; provided, that each of the circumstances specified in (iii) and (iv) above may be
used to delay a registration under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement only once in any
12-month period. New Dana Holdco is also not required to effect a Demand Registration on Form S-3
within 180 days of the effective date of the most-recent Demand Registration on Form S-3 in which
the particular Investors under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement could have
participated, and is not required to effect a Demand Registration other than on Form S-3 if New
Dana Holdco has already effected a Demand Registration other than on Form S-3 in which at least 90%
of the Registrable Securities of participating Investors under the applicable Registration Rights
Agreement were registered.
Under the Registration Rights Agreements, New Dana Holdco has further agreed to keep each
Demand Registration and any Piggyback Registrations effective for 90 days. Investors will be
required to make certain representations to New Dana Holdco (as described in the Registration
Rights Agreements) in order to participate in either a Demand Registration or a Piggyback
Registration. Investors will also be required to deliver certain information to be used in
connection with both a Demand Registration and Piggyback Registrations in order to have their
Registrable Securities included in such registrations. The Registration Rights Agreements contain
other customary provisions, including, without limitation, customary indemnification provisions
regarding New Dana Holdco and the applicable Investors.
4. Shareholders Agreement
At the closing of the New Investment, New Dana Holdco and Centerbridge will enter into a
Shareholders Agreement (the form of which is attached to the New Investment Agreement, the
Shareholders Agreement) containing the rights and restrictions described below. The
following summary of the Shareholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the Shareholders Agreement attached to the New Investment Agreement.
a. Standstill
Centerbridge will be limited for ten years in its ability to acquire additional New Dana
Holdco Common Stock if it would own more than 30% of the voting power of the stock after such
acquisition, or to take other actions to control New Dana Holdco after the Effective Date without
the consent of New Dana Holdcos board of directors, including publicly proposing, announcing or
otherwise disclosing an intent to propose, or entering into an agreement with any person for, (i)
any form of business combination, acquisition or other transaction relating to New Dana Holdco or
any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any form of restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction
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subsidiaries, or (iii) any demand to amend, waive or terminate the standstill provision
in the Shareholders Agreement. Nor will Centerbridge, among other things, otherwise act, alone or
in concert with others, to seek or to offer to control or influence the management, board of
directors or policies of New Dana Holdco or its subsidiaries.
b. Board Representation
Beginning at the first annual meeting of shareholders of New Dana Holdco following emergence,
and as long as Centerbridge owns at least $125 million of the New Series A Preferred Stock,
Centerbridge will have the right to designate three directors (one must be an Independent Director)
for election by holders of the New Series A Preferred Stock. One additional Independent Director
will be nominated by a special purpose nominating committee composed of two Centerbridge designees
and one other board member for election by all shareholders.
c. Certain Voting Rights
For a period of three years, so long as Centerbridge owns New Series A Preferred Stock having
a liquidation preference of at least $125 million, Centerbridges approval will be required for New
Dana Holdco to do any of the following:
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amend New Dana Holdcos bylaws in a manner that materially changes the rights of
Centerbridge or shareholders generally or amend the charter (or similar constituent
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effect a merger or similar transaction that results in the transfer of 50% or more
of the outstanding voting power of New Dana Holdco, a sale of all or substantially all
of New Dana Holdcos assets or any other form of corporate reorganization in which 50%
or more of the outstanding shares of any class or series of capital stock of New Dana
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Centerbridges approval rights above will be subject to override by a vote of two-thirds of
New Dana Holdcos voting securities, not owned by Centerbridge or any of its Affiliates and its
approval rights for dividends and the issuance of senior or pari passu securities will end after 12
months if certain financial ratios are met.
In the event that Centerbridge and its affiliates at any time own in excess of 40% of the
issued and outstanding voting securities of New Dana Holdco, on an as-converted basis, all voting
securities in excess of such 40% threshold will be voted in the same proportion that New Dana
Holdcos other shareholders vote their voting securities with respect to the applicable proposal.
5. Subscription Agreement
In connection with the Plan, New Dana Holdco and certain Qualified Investors will enter into a
Subscription Agreement prior to the Subscription Deadline. The following summary of the
Subscription Agreement does not purport to
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be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the form Subscription Agreement attached to the New Investment Agreement.
By executing a Subscription Agreement, each subscriber who is a Qualified Investor agrees to
subscribe for its Pro Rata Share of New Series B Preferred Stock with respect to the Participating
Claims beneficially owned by such subscriber; provided, that neither a Qualified Investor nor its
affiliates will be entitled to acquire beneficial ownership of more than $200 million of the New
Series B Preferred Stock. Each subscriber will pay to New Dana Holdco its pro rata share of $250
million, in cash, within two Business Days of notice from Dana of such purchasers Pro Rata Share.
In the event that (a) the funds are not received within this timeframe or (b) Dana determines that
the claims listed by the subscriber on Schedule 1 to the Subscription Agreement are not
Participating Claims, Dana will be entitled to reallocate the shares of New Preferred Stock that
the subscriber would otherwise be entitled to purchase. The Subscription Agreement will be a firm
commitment of each subscriber to purchase its Pro Rata Share of the New Preferred Stock. By
executing a Subscription Agreement, each subscriber also acknowledges that:
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be registered under the Securities Act or qualified under any applicable state
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Dana and New Dana Holdco is relying on certain representations, warranties and
agreements made by the subscriber to Dana and New Dana Holdco in the Subscription
Agreement, including as to the subscribers status as an accredited investor (as such
term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(2) of the
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Each subscriber also agrees by executing a Subscription Agreement to not engage in certain
short sales of shares of New Dana Holdco or Claims, or other hedging activities described in
further detail in the Subscription Agreement.
VIII.
THE PLAN
A. General
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS CERTAIN OF THE SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN, AND IS
NOT, NOR IS IT INTENDED TO BE, A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OR A SUBSTITUTE FOR A FULL AND COMPLETE
REVIEW OF THE PLAN. THE DEBTORS URGE ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS TO READ AND STUDY
CAREFULLY THE PLAN, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.
Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code provides that, except for Administrative Claims and
Priority Tax Claims, a plan of reorganization must categorize claims against and equity interests
in a debtor into individual classes. Although the Bankruptcy Code gives a debtor significant
flexibility in classifying claims and interests, section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code dictates that
a plan of reorganization may only place a claim or an equity interest into a class containing
claims or equity interests that are substantially similar.
The Plan creates eighteen (Sub)Classes of Claims and two Classes of Interests. These Classes
take into account the differing nature and priority of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors.
Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims are not classified for purposes of voting or
receiving distributions under the Plan (as is permitted by section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy
Code), but are treated separately as unclassified Claims.
The Plan provides specific treatment for each Class of Claims and Interests. Only holders of
Allowed Claims and Interests that are impaired under the Plan are entitled to vote and receive
distributions under the Plan.
Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the treatment of any Claim or
Interest under the Plan will be in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of, and in
exchange for, such Claim.
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The following discussion sets forth the classification and treatment of all Claims against, or
Interests in, the Debtors. It is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Plan, which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A, and which should be read carefully by you in considering whether to
vote to accept or reject the Plan.
B. Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests.
If the Plan is confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court, each Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in a
particular Class will receive the same treatment as the other Allowed Claims or Interests, whether
or not the holder of such Claim or Interest voted to accept the Plan. Such treatment will be in
exchange for and in full satisfaction, release and discharge of, the holders respective Claims
against or Interests in a Debtor, except as otherwise provided in the Plan. Moreover, upon
confirmation, the Plan will be binding on all holders of a Claim or Interest regardless of whether
such holders voted to accept the Plan.
1. Unclassified Claims
Administrative Claims
An Administrative Claim is a Claim against a Debtor or its Estate arising on or after
the Petition Date and prior to the Effective Date for a cost or expense of
administration in the Chapter 11 Cases that is entitled to priority or superpriority
under sections 364(c)(1), 503(b), 503(c), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred after the
Petition Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors
(such as wages, salaries, commissions for services and payments for inventories,
leased equipment and premises); (b) Claims under the DIP Credit Agreement; (c)
compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and other services and
reimbursement of expenses awarded or allowed under sections 330(a) or 331 of the
Bankruptcy Code, including Fee Claims; (d) any Allowed Claims for reclamation under
section 546(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code; (e) Claims, pursuant to section 503(b)(9)
of the Bankruptcy Code, for the value of goods received by the Debtors in the 20 days
immediately prior to the Petition Date and sold to the Debtors in the ordinary course
of the Debtors businesses (the 503(b)(9) Claims); (f) all fees and charges
assessed against the Estates under chapter 123 of title 28, United States Code, 28
U.S.C. §§ 1911-1930; (g) any Claims entitled to administrative priority under the
Union Settlement Agreements as approved by the Global Settlement Order; (h) any
Claims of Centerbridge entitled to superpriority under the New Investment Agreement
as approved by the Global Settlement Order; and (i) all Postpetition Intercompany
Claims other than Postpetition Intercompany Claims entered into a Debtors
intercompany equity account for internal accounting purposes after the close of
2006. The 503(b)(9) Claims and the unpaid professional and U.S. Trustee fees are
estimated at approximately $107 million. In addition, section 503(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code provides for payment of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to
creditors and other entities making a substantial contribution to a chapter 11 case
and to attorneys for and other professional advisors to such entities. The amounts,
if any, that such entities will seek or may seek for such compensation or
reimbursement are not known by the Debtors at this time. Requests for such
compensation or reimbursement must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court after notice
and a hearing at which the Debtors and other parties in interest may participate and,
if appropriate, object to the allowance of any such compensation or reimbursement.
Except as specified in Section II.A.1 of the Plan, and subject to the bar date
provisions in the Plan, unless otherwise agreed by the holder of an Administrative
Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or unless an order of the
Bankruptcy Court provides otherwise, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim
will receive, in full satisfaction of its Administrative Claim, Cash equal to the
amount of such Allowed Administrative Claim either (a) on the Effective Date or (b)
if the Administrative Claim is not allowed as of the Effective Date, 30 days after
the date on which an order allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order
or a Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim is executed by the applicable
Reorganized Debtor and the holder of the Administrative Claim.
On or before the Effective Date, Administrative Claims for fees payable pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1930, will be paid in Cash equal to the amount of such Administrative
Claims. All fees payable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 after the Effective Date will
be paid by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance therewith until the
closing of the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 350(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Allowed Administrative Claims based on liabilities incurred by a Debtor in the
ordinary course of its business, including Administrative Claims arising from or with
respect to the sale of goods or provision of services on or after the Petition Date
in the ordinary course of the applicable Debtors business, Administrative Claims of
governmental units for Taxes (including Tax audit Claims related to Tax years or
portions thereof ending after the Petition Date), Administrative Claims arising from
those contracts and leases of the kind described in Section II.E.4 of the Plan and
Prepetition Intercompany Claims that are Administrative Claims, will be paid by the
applicable Reorganized Debtor, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the particular
transaction giving rise to those Administrative Claims, without further action by the
holders of such Administrative Claims or further approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
Unless otherwise agreed by the DIP Lenders pursuant to the DIP Credit Agreement, on
or before the Effective Date, DIP Lender Claims that are Allowed Administrative
Claims will be paid in Cash equal to the amount of those Allowed Administrative
Claims.
Unless otherwise agreed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and Centerbridge, any
Administrative Claims of Centerbridge and the CBP Purchaser Entities arising under
Article 7 of the New Investment Agreement (as approved by the Global Settlement
Order) will be paid by the Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary course of their
businesses without further action by Centerbridge or further approval by the
Bankruptcy Court.
On or after the Effective Date, in accordance with the terms of the Union Settlement
Agreements, the Reorganized Debtors will make, or cause to be made, (a) the UAW Union
Retiree VEBA Contribution and (b) the USW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution; provided,
however, that, to the extent the Debtors pursue a transaction other than the New
Equity Investment with Centerbridge, including a majority investment transaction, a
sale of substantially all of the Debtors assets and any similar transaction, the
Unions may elect to receive, in accordance with the terms of the Union Settlement
Agreements and in lieu of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Union
Retiree VEBA Contribution, either an Allowed Administrative Claim in the amount of
$764 million or an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in Class 5F in the amount of $908
million.
On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will make, or cause to be made, the
Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA Contribution.
In full satisfaction of the Indenture Trustees Claims for reasonable fees and
expenses payable pursuant to the terms of the Indentures, subject to the terms and
conditions of this paragraph, the Indenture Trustee will receive from the Reorganized
Debtors Cash equal to the amount of such Claims; provided that such Cash Payment
shall not exceed $[ ]. Any charging lien held by the Indenture Trustee against
distributions to Bondholders on account of Bondholder Claims will be deemed released
upon payment of such Claims. To receive payment pursuant to this paragraph, the
Indenture Trustee shall provide reasonable detail in support of its Claims to the
parties identified in Section X.F of the Plan no later than ten days after the
Effective Date. Such parties shall have the right to File objections to such Claims
based on a reasonableness standard within 20 days after receipt of supporting
documentation. The Reorganized Debtors shall pay any such Claims by the later of (a)
30 days after the receipt of supporting documentation from the Indenture Trustee, or
(b) ten Business Days after the resolution of any objections to the Claims of the
Indenture Trustee. Distributions received by Bondholders on account of Allowed
Bondholder Claims pursuant to the Plan will not be reduced on account of the payment
of the Indenture Trustees Claims
Except as otherwise provided in Section II.A.1.h.ii of the Plan or in a Bar Date
Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court, unless previously Filed, requests for
payment of Administrative Claims must be Filed and served on the Notice Parties,
pursuant to the procedures specified in the Confirmation Order and the notice of
entry of the Confirmation Order, no later than 30 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 will be forever barred from asserting such Administrative
Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property, and
such Administrative Claims will be deemed discharged as of the Effective Date.
Objections to such requests must be Filed and served on the Notice Parties and the
requesting party by the later of (a) 150 days after the Effective Date, (b) 60 days
after the Filing of the applicable request for
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payment of Administrative Claims or (c) such other period of limitation as may be
specifically fixed by a Final Order for objecting to such Administrative Claims.
Professionals or other entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before
the Effective Date must File and serve on the Notice Parties and such other entities
who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Fee Order, the Confirmation Order or
other order of the Bankruptcy Court an application for final allowance of such Fee
Claim no later than 60 days after the Effective Date; 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 pursuant to
the Ordinary Course Professionals Order without further Bankruptcy Court review or
approval (except as provided in the Ordinary Course Professionals Order). Objections
to any Fee Claim must be Filed and served on the Notice Parties and the requesting
party by the later of (a) 90 days after the Effective Date, (b) 30 days after the
Filing of the applicable request for payment of the Fee Claim or (c) such other
period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by a Final Order for objecting to
such Fee Claims. To the extent necessary, the Confirmation Order will amend and
supersede any previously entered order of the Bankruptcy Court regarding the payment
of Fee Claims, provided, however, that Fee Claims Filed by Union Professionals will
continue to be governed by, and paid in accordance with, the Union Fee Order.
Holders of Administrative Claims arising from liabilities incurred by a Debtor in the
ordinary course of its business on or after the Petition Date, including
Administrative Claims arising from or with respect to the sale of goods or provision
of services on or after the Petition Date in the ordinary course of the applicable
Debtors business, Administrative Claims of governmental units for Taxes (including
Tax audit Claims related to Tax years or portions thereof ending after the Petition
Date), Administrative Claims arising from those contracts and leases of the kind
described in Section II.E.4 of the Plan and Prepetition Intercompany Claims that are
Administrative Claims, will not be required to File or serve any request for payment
of such Administrative Claims. Such Administrative Claims will be satisfied pursuant
to Section II.A.1.c of the Plan. Any Administrative Claims that are Filed contrary
to Section II.A.1.h.ii.B of the Plan shall be deemed disallowed and expunged, subject
to resolution and satisfaction in the ordinary course outside the Debtors Chapter 11
Cases.
Holders of Administrative Claims on account of DIP Lender Claims will not be required
to File or serve any request for payment or application for allowance of such Claims.
Such Administrative Claims will be satisfied pursuant to Section II.A.1.d of the
Plan.
Centerbridge and the CBP Purchaser Entities will not be required to File or serve any
request for payment or application for allowance of its Administrative Claims, if
any, arising under Article 7 of the New Investment Agreement (as approved by the
Global Settlement Order). Such Administrative Claims will be satisfied pursuant to
Section II.A.1.e of the Plan.
The Plan does not modify any Bar Date Order already in place, including Bar Dates for
Claims entitled to administrative priority under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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 will receive, in full satisfaction of
its Priority Tax Claim, Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim
either (a) on the Effective Date or (b) if the Priority Tax Claim is not allowed as
of the Effective Date, 30 days after the date on which an order allowing such
Priority Tax Claim becomes a Final Order or a Stipulation of Amount and Nature of
Claim is executed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor and the holder of the Priority
Tax Claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section II.A.2.a of the Plan or Section I.A.177 of
the Plan, the holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim will not be entitled to receive
any payment on account of any penalty arising with respect to or in connection with
the Allowed Priority Tax Claim. Any such Claim or demand for any such penalty will
be subject to treatment in Classes 5A or 5F as applicable, if not subordinated to
Class 5A or 5F Claims pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of an
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Tax Claim will not assess or attempt to collect such penalty from the Debtors, the
Reorganized Debtors or their respective property (other than as a holder of a Class
5A or 5F Claim).
2. Classified Claims
Class 1: Priority Claims, subclassified as follows:
Class 1A: Priority Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors.
On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 1A will receive Cash
equal to the amount of such Allowed Claim, unless the holder of such Priority Claim
and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor agree to a different treatment.
Class 1A Claims are unimpaired.
Class 1B: Priority Claims Against EFMG.
On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 1B will receive Cash
equal to the amount of such Allowed Claim, unless the holder of such Priority Claim
and EFMG or Reorganized EFMG agree to a different treatment. Class 1B Claims are
unimpaired.
Class 2: Secured Claims, subclassified as follows:
Class 2A: Secured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors, Other Than the Port
Authority Secured Claim.
On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by a Claim holder and the applicable
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2A will
receive treatment on account of such Allowed Secured Claim in the manner set forth in
Option A, B or C below, at the election of the applicable Debtor. The applicable
Debtor will be deemed to have elected Option B except with respect to (a) any Allowed
Secured Claim as to which the applicable Debtor elects either Option A or Option C in
one or more certifications Filed prior to the conclusion of the Confirmation Hearing
and (b) any Allowed Secured Tax Claim, with respect to which the applicable Debtor
will be deemed to have elected Option A.
Option A: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2A with respect to
which the applicable Debtor elects Option A will receive Cash equal to the
amount of such Allowed Claim.
Option B: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2A with respect to
which the applicable Debtor elects or is deemed to have elected Option B will be
Reinstated.
Option C: On the Effective Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2A with
respect to which the applicable Debtor elects Option C will be entitled to
receive (and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor shall release and
transfer to such holder) the collateral securing such Allowed Claim.
Notwithstanding either the foregoing or Section I.A.177 of the Plan, the holder of an
Allowed Secured Tax Claim in Class 2A will not be entitled to receive any payment on
account of any penalty arising with respect to or in connection with such Allowed
Secured Tax Claim. Any such Claim or demand for any such penalty will be subject to
treatment in Class 5F, if not subordinated to Class 5F Claims pursuant to an order of
the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of an Allowed Secured Tax Claim will not assess or
attempt to collect such penalty from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their
respective property (other than as a holder of a Class 5F Claim). Class 2A Claims
are unimpaired.
Class 2B: Secured Claims Against EFMG
On the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by a Claim holder and EFMG or
Reorganized EFMG, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2B will receive treatment
on account of such Allowed Secured Claim in the manner set forth in Option A, B or C
below, at the election of EFMG. EFMG will be deemed to have elected Option B except
with respect to (a) any Allowed Secured Claim as to which EFMG elects either Option A
or Option C in one or more certifications Filed prior to the conclusion of
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the Confirmation Hearing and (b) any Allowed Secured Tax Claim, with respect to which
EFMG will be deemed to have elected Option A.
Option A: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2B with respect to
which EFMG elects Option A will receive Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed
Claim.
Option B: On the Effective Date, Allowed Claims in Class 2B with respect to
which EFMG elects or is deemed to have elected Option B will be Reinstated.
Option C: On the Effective Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 2B with
respect to which EFMG elects Option C will be entitled to receive (and EFMG or
Reorganized EFMG shall release and transfer to such holder) the collateral
securing such Allowed Claim.
Notwithstanding either the foregoing or Section I.A.177 of the Plan, the holder of an
Allowed Secured Tax Claim in Class 2B will not be entitled to receive any payment on
account of any penalty arising with respect to or in connection with such Allowed
Secured Tax Claim. Any such Claim or demand for any such penalty will be subject to
treatment in Class 5A, if not subordinated to Class 5A Claims pursuant to an order of
the Bankruptcy Court. The holder of an Allowed Secured Tax Claim will not assess or
attempt to collect such penalty from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their
respective property (other than as a holder of a Class 5A Claim). Class 2B Claims
are unimpaired.
Class 2C: Port Authority Secured Claim: In accordance with and subject to the terms
of the Port Authority Settlement Agreement, on or as soon as practicable after the
Effective Date, the Port Authority Secured Claim will be satisfied by: (a)
Reorganized Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC entering into and assuming as amended
the Port Authority Lease in the form attached to the Port Authority Settlement
Agreement as Exhibit 1, (b) New Dana Holdco executing and delivering an amended
guaranty in the form attached to the Port Authority Settlement Agreement as Exhibit 2
and (c) Reorganized Torque-Traction Technologies, LLC and New Dana Holdco executing
and delivering any other agreements necessary to implement the Port Authority
Settlement Agreement. The Class 2C Claim is impaired.
Class 3: Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
On the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will be Reinstated. Class
3 Claims are unimpaired.
Class 4: Convenience Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors
On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Convenience Claim will receive Cash
equal to the amount of such Allowed Claims (as reduced, if applicable, pursuant to an
election by the holder thereof in accordance with Section I.A.54 of the Plan). Class
4 Claims are unimpaired.
Class 5: General Unsecured Claims, subclassified as follows:
Class 5A: General Unsecured Claims Against EFMG On the Effective Date, each
holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim against EFMG will receive Cash equal to
the amount of such Allowed Claim. Class 5A Claims are unimpaired.
Class 5B: 5.85% Bond Claims In full satisfaction of its Allowed Claim, each holder
of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the
Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess
Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b
of the Plan. Class 5B Claims are impaired.
Class 5C: 6.5% or 7% Bond Claims In full satisfaction of its Allowed Claim, each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5C will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its
Pro Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of
the Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess
Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the Effective Date, such
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periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as are set
forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. Class 5C Claims are impaired.
Class 5D: 9% Bond Claims In full satisfaction of its Allowed Claim, each holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class 5D will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata
share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the
Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess
Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b
of the Plan. Class 5D Claims are impaired.
Class 5E: 10.125% Bond Claims In full satisfaction of its Allowed Claim, each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5E will receive (a) on the Effective Date, its
Pro Rata share, based upon the principal amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of
the Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Distributable Excess
Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b
of the Plan. Class 5E Claims are impaired.
Class 5F: Other General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors In full
satisfaction of its Allowed Claim, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5F will
receive (a) on the Effective Date, its Pro Rata share, based upon the principal
amount of each holders Allowed Claim, of the Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco
Common Stock and the Distributable Excess Minimum Cash; and/or (b) after the
Effective Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess
Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan. Class 5F Claims are
impaired.
Class 5G: Union Claims On the Effective Date, in full satisfaction of the Union
Claim, the Debtors will make the UAW Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Retiree
VEBA Contribution. Class 5G Claims are impaired.
Class 6: Class 6 Claims are subclassified as follows:
Class 6A: Prepetition Intercompany Claims On the Effective Date, Prepetition
Intercompany Claims in Class 6A that are not eliminated by operation of law in the
Restructuring Transactions will be deemed settled, and compromised in exchange for
the consideration and other benefits provided to the holders of Prepetition
Intercompany Claims and not entitled to any distribution of Plan consideration under
the Plan. Each holder of a Class 6A Claim will be deemed to have accepted the Plan.
Class 6A Claims are impaired.
Class 6B: Claims of Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned Non-Debtor Affiliates Other than
DCC On the Effective Date, Claims of Wholly-Owned and Majority-Owned Non-Debtor
Affiliates Other than DCC against the Debtors will be Reinstated. Class 6B Claims
are unimpaired.
Class 6C: DCC Claim On the Effective Date, in full satisfaction of the DCC Claim,
the Reorganized Debtors will satisfy in Cash DCCs outstanding liability under the
DCC Bonds. The DCC Claim is impaired.
Class 7: Class 7 Claims are subclassified as follows:
Class 7A: Old Common Stock of Dana Interests On the Effective Date, the Old Common
Stock of Dana and all Interests related thereto will be canceled, and each holder of
an Allowed Interest in Class 7A will receive, in full satisfaction of such Allowed
Interest, a contingent, residual interest in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets that will entitle each holder of an Allowed Interest in Class 7A to receive,
to the extent holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F have been
paid in full plus Postpetition Interest, its Pro Rata share, based upon the number of
shares of Old Common Stock of Dana (a) owned by the holder on the Distribution Record
Date and (b) to which the holder would have been entitled upon the conversion of any
related Interests owned on the Distribution Record Date and taking into account
Allowed Claims in Class 7B, of any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets. Class 7A Claims are impaired.
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Class 7B: Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors
Holders of Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims in Class 7B will receive, in full
satisfaction of such Allowed Claim, a contingent, residual interest in the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets that will entitle each holder of an Allowed Claim in
Class 7B to receive, to the extent holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D,
5E and 5F have been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest, its Pro Rata share
(taking into account Allowed Interests in Class 7A) of any remaining Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets. Class 7B Claims are impaired.
Class 8: Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests On the Effective Date, the
Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests will be Reinstated, subject to the Restructuring
Transactions. Class 8 Interests are unimpaired.
3. Treatment of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
Dana and certain of the Debtors have been, and continue to be, named as defendants in cases
relating to the exposure of people to asbestos (collectively, the Asbestos Personal Injury
Liabilities). See General Information About the DebtorsThe Debtors Business and Strategic
AlliancesLegal Proceedings. Under the Plan, the rights, claims, causes of action and defenses of
the individuals asserting asbestos-related person injury claims against Dana and its applicable
subsidiaries (collectively, the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) will be Reinstated,
pursuant to Section I.A.141.a of the Plan and, therefore, will be passed through the Chapter 11
Cases unimpaired. On and after the Effective Date, Dana and the applicable Reorganized Debtors
will continue to defend, settle and/or resolve pending and future actions relating to Asbestos
Personal Injury Claims in the ordinary course of their businesses and consistent with past
practices. Danas reasoning for Reinstating the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims is described
below.
In the past, some but not all of the automotive gaskets that Dana sold contained asbestos,
which was always in an encapsulated form. Dana has been sued in numerous cases alleging personal
injury from the use of those products. Unlike the case of most of the other asbestos defendants
that have filed for bankruptcy protection, however, asbestos claims were not a precipitating cause
of the Chapter 11 Cases. To the contrary, in the five years preceding Danas filing, Danas total
payments for asbestos defense and indemnity, net of insurance recoveries, never exceeded $3.6
million annually. Because Dana has both substantial defenses in the asbestos litigation and
considerable insurance coverage for defense and indemnity payments, Dana intends to pass its
asbestos liability through the bankruptcy. The relevant emerging entities financial position is
expected to be more than sufficient to pay any asbestos litigation liabilities not covered by
insurance.
Dana has important advantages compared to companies that have incurred large asbestos
liabilities. The product that has led to the overwhelming majority of claims against Dana
(automotive gaskets) was used in far fewer types of settings, and by far fewer categories of
workers, than were the products of many other defendants. Moreover, unlike companies that sold raw
fiber, insulation or construction products, Dana has demonstrated in various proceedings that its
gaskets could be and were used without releasing hazardous volumes of asbestos fibers, unlike
insulation or construction-type products. Dana has also defended Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
successfully on the ground that exposure to chrysotile asbestos, the type of fiber incorporated
into the Dana gaskets at issue, is generally insufficient to cause mesothelioma, particularly at
the low levels of exposure (if any) arising from the use of automotive gaskets. Collectively,
these defenses have limited the number of valid claims against Dana, the portion of those claims
that Dana would be inclined to settle and the amounts required to settle those cases.
Moreover, the magnitude of asbestos litigation has declined substantially since the wave of
asbestos-related bankruptcies in 2000-2003. Over the past few years, state laws or judicial
rulings have imposed significant limits on filings by unimpaired claimants, virtually eliminated
mass consolidations of asbestos claims, curbed practices that concentrated asbestos claims from
across the country in a few plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions and limited the extent of each
defendants potential liability. Taken together, these changes have markedly reduced the volumes
of new claims and of pending claims that are being actively litigated.
Based on these factors, Dana anticipates that, for the foreseeable future, both the number of
claims that Dana will be required to defend and to pay and the sums that it will have to spend to
defend and resolve cases generally will remain at the relatively low levels experienced prior to
the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases or even decline from those levels.
Moreover, unlike many companies that were driven into bankruptcy by their asbestos litigation,
Dana continues to have a considerable amount of insurance available to help pay future asbestos
defense and liability payments. And, unlike many active asbestos defendants, the vast majority of
Danas insurance coverage is subject to coverage-in-place agreements
setting forth the manner in which the insurance company will pay asbestos related product
liability claims. Thus, Dana anticipates that a substantial portion of its future asbestos defense
and liability costs will be promptly paid by its insurers.
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As of December 31,2006, statistical modeling performed at Danas request estimated Danas
potential liability for indemnity and defense costs at $61 million for pending asbestos claims and
at between $80 and $141 million for future asbestos claims through 2021. Since the outcomes within
that range are equally probable, Dana has accrued for the lower end of that range. While the
process of estimating future asbestos demands beyond 2021 is highly uncertain, Dana believes that
there are reasonable circumstances under which its expenditures for asbestos claims after that date
would be de minimis. Danas probable insurance recovery for the projected liability for current
and future claims is $72 million. Dana expects that its assets will be more than sufficient to pay
those potential net liabilities.
C. Treatment of Allowed Secondary Liability Claims; Maximum Recovery
The classification and treatment of Allowed Claims under the Plan take into consideration all
Allowed Secondary Liability Claims. On the Effective Date, Allowed Secondary Liability Claims will
be treated as follows:
1. The Allowed Secondary Liability Claims arising from or related to any Debtors joint or
several liability for the obligations under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is being
assumed or deemed assumed by another Debtor or under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that
is being assumed by and assigned to another Debtor will be Reinstated.
2. Except as provided in Section II.C.1 of the Plan, holders of Allowed Secondary Liability
Claims against any Consolidated Debtor will be entitled to only one Distribution in respect of such
Allowed Secondary Liability Claim and will be deemed satisfied in full by the Distributions on
account of the related underlying Allowed Claim. No multiple recovery on account of any Allowed
Claim against any Consolidated Debtor will be provided or permitted.
3. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, holders of Allowed Secondary
Liability Claims against a Consolidated Debtor and EFMG may not receive in the aggregate from all
Debtors more than 100% of the value of the underlying Claim giving rise to such multiple Claims.
D. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
1. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, in any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan or in a Final Order of the
Bankruptcy Court, or as requested in any motion Filed on or prior to the Effective Date, on the
Effective Date, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, the applicable Debtor or Debtors
will assume or assume and assign, as indicated, each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed
on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan; provided, however, that the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors
reserve the right, at any time on or prior to the Effective Date, to amend such Exhibit II.E.1.a to
the Plan to: (a) delete any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed therein, thus providing
for its rejection pursuant to Section II.E.5 of the Plan; or (b) add any Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease thereto, thus providing for its assumption or assumption and assignment pursuant to
Section II.E.1.a of the Plan. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will provide
notice of any amendments to Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan to the parties to the Executory Contracts
or Unexpired Leases affected thereby and to the parties on the then-applicable service list in the
Chapter 11 Cases. Each contract and lease listed on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan will be assumed
only to the extent that any such contract or lease constitutes an Executory Contract or Unexpired
Lease. Listing a contract or lease on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan will not constitute an
admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such contract or lease (including any related
agreements as described in Section II.E.1.a to the Plan) is an Executory Contract or Unexpired
Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder.
Each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease listed on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan will include
any modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements or other agreements made directly or
indirectly by any agreement, instrument or other document that in any manner affects such contract
or lease, irrespective of whether such agreement, instrument or other document is listed on Exhibit
II.E.1.a to the Plan, unless any such modification, amendment, supplement, restatement or other
agreement is rejected pursuant to Section II.E.5 of the Plan or designated for rejection in
accordance with Section II.E.2 of the Plan.
The joint venture agreements listed on Exhibit II.E.1.c to the Plan shall be deemed assumed
and assigned to New Dana Holdco in accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365
and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date.
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To the extent (a) the Debtors are party to any contract, purchase order or similar agreement
providing for the sale of the Debtors products or services, (b) any such agreement constitutes an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease and (c) such agreement (i) has not been rejected pursuant to
a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (ii) is not subject to a pending motion for reconsideration
or appeal of an order authorizing the rejection of such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease,
(iii) is not subject to a motion to reject such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease Filed on or
prior to the Effective Date, (iv) is not listed on Exhibit II.E.5 to the Plan or (v) has not been
designated for rejection in accordance with Section II.E.2 of the Plan, such agreement (including
any related agreements as described in Section II.E.1.b of the Plan), purchase order or similar
agreement will be deemed assumed and assigned to New Dana Holdco in accordance with the provisions
and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date. Listing
a contract, purchase order or similar agreement providing for the sale of the Debtors products or
services on Exhibit II.E.5 to the Plan will not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized
Debtor that such agreement (including related agreements as described in Section II.E.1.b of the
Plan) is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any
liability thereunder.
2. Approval of Assumptions and Assignments; Assignments Related to Restructuring
Transactions
The Confirmation Order will constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the
assumption (including any related assignment resulting from the Restructuring Transactions or
otherwise) of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases pursuant to Section II.E of the Plan as of
the Effective Date, except for Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that (a) have been rejected
pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (b) are subject to a pending motion for
reconsideration or appeal of an order authorizing the rejection of such Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease, (c) are subject to a motion to reject such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease
Filed on or prior to the Effective Date, (d) are rejected pursuant to Section II.E.5 of the Plan or
(e) are designated for rejection in accordance with the last sentence of this paragraph. An order
of the Bankruptcy Court entered on or prior to the Confirmation Date will specify the procedures
for providing notice to each party whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is being assumed
pursuant to the Plan of: (a) the contract or lease being assumed; (b) the Cure Amount Claim, if
any, that the applicable Debtor believes it would be obligated to pay in connection with such
assumption; (c) any assignment of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (pursuant to the
Restructuring Transactions or otherwise); and (d) the procedures for such party to object to the
assumption of the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, the amount of the proposed Cure
Amount Claim or any assignment of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. As of the effective
time of an applicable Restructuring Transaction, any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be
held by any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and assumed hereunder or otherwise in the Chapter 11 Cases
will be deemed assigned to the surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation in the applicable
Restructuring Transaction, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. If an objection to a
proposed assumption, assumption and assignment or Cure Amount Claim is not resolved in favor of the
Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease may be
designated by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors for rejection, which shall be deemed effective
as of the Effective Date.
3. Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory Contracts or Unexpired
Leases
To the extent that such Claims constitute monetary defaults, the Cure Amount Claims associated
with each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to be assumed pursuant to the Plan will be
satisfied, pursuant to section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, at the option of the applicable
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor: (a) by payment of the Cure Amount Claim in Cash on the Effective
Date or (b) on such other terms as are agreed to by the parties to such Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease. If there is a dispute regarding: (a) the amount of any Cure Amount Claim, (b)
the ability of the applicable Reorganized Debtor or any assignee to provide adequate assurance of
future performance (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the contract
or lease to be assumed or (c) any other matter pertaining to the assumption of such contract or
lease, the payment of any Cure Amount Claim required by section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code
will be made within 30 days following the entry of a Final Order or the execution of a Stipulation
of Amount and Nature of Claim resolving the dispute and approving the assumption.
4. Contracts and Leases Entered Into After the Petition Date
Contracts, leases and other agreements entered into after the Petition Date by a Debtor,
including, without limitation, the Union Settlement Agreements and any Executory Contracts or
Unexpired Leases assumed by a Debtor, will be performed by such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor in the
ordinary course of its business, as applicable. Accordingly,
such contracts and leases (including any assumed Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases) will
survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.
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5. Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
On the Effective Date, except for an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that was previously
assumed, assumed and assigned or rejected by an order of the Bankruptcy Court or that is assumed
pursuant to Section II.E of the Plan (including any related agreements assumed pursuant to Section
II.E.1.b of the Plan), each Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease entered into by a Debtor prior to
the Petition Date that has not previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms will be
rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Executory Contracts or Unexpired
Leases to be rejected will include the Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases listed on Exhibit
II.E.5 to the Plan. Each contract and lease listed on Exhibit II.E.5 to the Plan will 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 II.E.5 to the Plan will not constitute an admission
by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such contract or lease (including related agreements as
described in Section II.E.1.b of the Plan) is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a
Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. Any Executory Contract or Unexpired
Lease not listed on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan and not previously assumed, assumed and assigned
or rejected by an order of the Bankruptcy Court will be deemed rejected irrespective of whether
such contract is listed on Exhibit II.E.5 to the Plan. The Confirmation Order will constitute an
order of the Bankruptcy Court approving such rejections, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy
Code, as of the later of: (a) the Effective Date; or (b) the resolution of any objection to the
proposed rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Any Claims arising from the
rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be treated as a Class 5A Claim or Class
5F Claim, as applicable (General Unsecured Claims), subject to the provisions of section 502 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
6. Bar Date for Rejection Damages
Except as otherwise provided in a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the rejection
of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, Claims arising out of the rejection of an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before the later of: (a)
30 days after the Effective Date or (b) 20 days after such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is
rejected pursuant to a Final Order or designated for rejection in accordance with Section II.E.2 of
the Plan. Any Claims not Filed within such applicable time periods will be forever barred from
receiving a distribution from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or the Estates.
7. Special Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Issues
Prior to the Effective Date, Dana will make arrangements to continue liability and fiduciary
(including ERISA) insurance for the benefit of its directors, officers and employees for the period
from and after the Effective Date, and, prior to the Effective Date, will fully pay the annual
premium for such insurance. With respect to its pre-Effective Date officers and directors
liability insurance, Dana will obtain and pay for a run-off policy continuing existing policy
limits on substantially the same terms and conditions as existing officers and directors liability
policies, for a term of six years, and providing coverage to all parties covered by policies in
effect during the pendency of the cases.
The obligations of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to indemnify any person who was serving
as one of its directors, officers or employees on or after February 28, 2006 by reason of such
persons prior or future service in such a capacity or as a director, officer or employee of
another corporation, partnership or other legal entity, to the extent provided in the applicable
certificates of incorporation, bylaws or similar constituent documents, by statutory law or by
written agreement, policies or procedures of or with such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, will be
deemed and treated as executory contracts that are assumed by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized
Debtor pursuant to the Plan and section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date.
Accordingly, such indemnification obligations will survive and be unaffected by entry of the
Confirmation Order, irrespective of whether such indemnification is owed for an act or event
occurring before or after the Petition Date.
The obligations of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor to indemnify any person who was serving
as one of its directors, officers or employees prior to February 28, 2006 by reason of such
persons prior service in such a capacity or as a director, officer or employee of another
corporation, partnership or other legal entity, to the extent provided in the applicable
certificates of incorporation, bylaws or similar constituent documents, by statutory law or by
written agreement, policies or procedures of or with such Debtor, will terminate and be discharged
pursuant to section 502(e) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise as of the Effective Date; provided,
however, that to the extent that such indemnification obligations no longer give rise to contingent
Claims that can be disallowed pursuant to section 502(e) of the Bankruptcy
Code, such indemnification obligations will be deemed and treated as Executory Contracts that
are rejected by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan and section 365 of
the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date, and any Claims arising from such indemnification
obligations (including any rejection damage claims) will be subject to the Bar Date provisions of
Section II.F.6 of the Plan.
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8. No Change in Control
The consummation of the Plan, the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions or the
assumption or assumption and assignment of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to another
Reorganized Debtor is not intended to, and shall not, constitute a change in ownership or change in
control under any financial instrument, loan or financing agreement, Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease or contract, lease or agreement in existence on the Effective Date to which a
Debtor is a party.
E. Conditions Precedent to Confirmation of the Plan
The following conditions are conditions to the entry of the Confirmation Order unless such
conditions, or any of them, have been satisfied or duly waived pursuant to Section IV.C of the
Plan:
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The Confirmation Order will be reasonably acceptable in form and substance to
(a) the Debtors, (b) the Creditors Committee (c) Centerbridge and (d) either (i) the
Ad Hoc Steering Committee or (ii) Supporting Creditors holding at least $650 million in
aggregate amount of Participating Claims. |
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The Plan shall not have been materially amended, altered or modified from the
Plan as Filed on [ ], 2007, unless such material amendment, alteration or
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All Exhibits to the Plan are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
(a) the Debtors, (b) the Unions, (c) Centerbridge and (d) either (i) the Ad Hoc
Steering Committee or (ii) Supporting Creditors holding at least $650 million in
aggregate amount of Participating Claims. |
In addition to the foregoing conditions to Confirmation, there are a number of substantial
confirmation requirements under the Bankruptcy Code that must be satisfied for the Plan to be
confirmed. See Confirmation of the Plan Requirements for Confirmation of the Plan.
F. Conditions Precedent to the Occurrence of the Effective Date
It is a condition to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the consummation of the Plan
that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or duly waived pursuant to Section IV.C of
the Plan:
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The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order on or before
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The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order (contemplated to be part of
the Confirmation Order) approving and authorizing the Debtors and the Reorganized
Debtors to take all actions necessary or appropriate to implement the Plan, including
completion of the Restructuring Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by
the Plan and the implementation and consummation of the contracts, instruments,
releases and other agreements or documents entered into or delivered in connection with
the Plan. |
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The documents effectuating the Exit Facility shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and Centerbridge, and shall have been executed
and delivered by the Reorganized Debtors, the Exit Facility Agent and each of the
lenders under the Exit Facility. |
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The total amount of Allowed General Unsecured Claims (excluding any General
Unsecured Claims held by the Unions (including the Union Claim), any General Unsecured
Claims held by the Retiree Committee, Convenience Claims, General Unsecured Claims
against EFMG, Prepetition Intercompany Claims and the DCC Claim) shall not exceed $3.25
billion. |
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The total amount of funded debt of the Reorganized Debtors, on a consolidated
basis, shall not exceed $1.5 billion. |
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The Reorganized Debtors Minimum Emergence Liquidity shall be reasonably
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The Plan and all Exhibits to the Plan shall not have been materially amended,
altered or modified from the Plan as confirmed by the Confirmation Order, unless such
material amendment, alteration or modification has been made in accordance with Section
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The conditions to Confirmation and the conditions to the Effective Date may be waived in whole
or in part at any time by the agreement of (1) the Debtors, (2) Centerbridge, (3) the Creditors
Committee, (4) the Unions and (5) either (a) the Ad Hoc Steering Committee or (b) Supporting
Creditors holding at least $650 million in aggregate amount of Participating Claims without an
order of the Bankruptcy Court, provided, however, that the condition precedent to the Effective
Date in Section IV.B.5 of the Plan may be waived only by the Creditors Committee acting reasonably
and consistently with its fiduciary duties to all unsecured creditors and after taking into account
the efforts that the Debtors, the Creditors Committee and other parties, if applicable, have made
to resolve unsecured Claims. If each of the conditions to the Effective Date is not satisfied or
duly waived in accordance with Section IV.C of the Plan, then upon motion by the Debtors made
before the time that each of such conditions has been satisfied and upon notice to such parties in
interest as the Bankruptcy Court may direct, the Confirmation Order will be vacated by the
Bankruptcy 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 satisfied
before the Bankruptcy Court enters an order granting such motion. If the Confirmation Order is
vacated pursuant to Section IV.D of the Plan: (a) the Plan will be null and void in all respects,
including with respect to (i) the discharge of Claims and termination of Interests pursuant to
section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) the assumptions, assignments, or rejections of Executory
Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to Section II.E of the Plan and (iii) the releases
described in Section IV.E of the Plan; and (b) nothing contained in the Plan will (i) constitute a
waiver or release of any Claims by or against, or any Interest in, any Debtor or (ii) prejudice in
any manner the rights of the Debtors or any other party in interest.
G. Retention of Jurisdiction by the Bankruptcy Court
Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date,
the Bankruptcy Court will retain such jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases after the Effective
Date as is legally permissible, including jurisdiction to:
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Allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, reduce, classify, reclassify, estimate
or establish the priority or secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest
(other than the liquidation of any Tort Claim in litigation that is Reinstated pursuant
to the Plan and Asbestos Personal Injury Claims), including the resolution of any
request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any objections to
the amount, allowance, priority or classification of Claims or Interests; |
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Either grant or deny any applications for allowance of compensation or
reimbursement of expenses authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan for
periods ending on or before the Effective Date; |
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Resolve any matters related to the assumption, assumption and assignment or
rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which any Debtor is a party
or with respect to which any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor may be liable and to hear,
determine and, if necessary, liquidate any Claims arising therefrom, including any Cure
Amount Claims; |
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Ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests
are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan; |
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Decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated
matters and any other matters and either grant or deny any applications involving any
Debtor or any Reorganized Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date or brought
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Enter such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement or consummate
the provisions of the Plan and all contracts, instruments, releases and other
agreements or documents entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, the
Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation
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Resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that may arise in
connection with the consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan, the
Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement or any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement or document that is entered into or delivered pursuant to the Plan, the
Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement, or any entitys rights arising from or
obligations incurred in connection with the Plan, the Creditor Oversight Committee
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Modify the Plan before or after the Effective Date pursuant to section 1127 of
the Bankruptcy Code; modify the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any
contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered
in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order; or
remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court
order, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract,
instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into, delivered or created
in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in
such manner as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate the Plan; |
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Issue injunctions, enforce the injunctions contained in the Plan and the
Confirmation Order, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may
be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any entity with consummation,
implementation or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order; |
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Enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the
Confirmation Order is for any reason or in any respect modified, stayed, reversed,
revoked or vacated, or distributions pursuant to the Plan are enjoined or stayed; |
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Determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relate to the
Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument,
release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the
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Enforce or clarify any orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the
Chapter 11 Cases; |
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Determine matters concerning state, local and federal Taxes in accordance with
sections 346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, including any Disputed Claims for
Taxes; |
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IX.
VOTING REQUIREMENTS
The Approval and Procedures Order, the notice of the Confirmation Hearing, and the
instructions attached to your Ballot should be read in connection with this section of this
Disclosure Statement as they set forth in detail, among other things, procedures governing voting
deadlines and objection deadlines.
If you have any questions about the procedure for voting your Claim, the solicitation packet
of materials you received, or if you wish to obtain a paper copy of the Plan, this Disclosure
Statement or any Exhibits to such documents, please contact the Voting Agent by (a) regular mail at
Dana Voting Agent, The BMC Group, P.O. Box 952, El Segundo, CA 90245-0952, (b) delivery or courier
at Dana Voting Agent, BMC Group, Inc., 1330 E. Franklin Ave., El Segundo, CA 90245, or (c)
toll-free telephone for U.S. callers at (888) 819-7916 (Dana Employee/Retiree Line) or (888)
819-7921 (Dana
Vendor Line and General Line), and for international callers, call +1-310-321-5587 (Dana
Employee/Retiree Line) or +1-310-321-5573 (Dana Vendor Line and General Line).
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A. Voting Deadline
This Disclosure Statement and the appropriate Ballot(s) are being distributed to all holders
of Claims and Interests that are entitled to vote on the Plan. In order to facilitate vote
tabulation, there is a separate Ballot designated for each impaired voting Class; however, all
Ballots are substantially similar in form and substance, and the term Ballot is used without
intended reference to the Ballot of any specific Class of Claims or Interests.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVAL AND PROCEDURES ORDER, IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PURPOSES
OF ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THE PLAN, ALL BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE VOTING AGENT NO LATER THAN
[ ].M. (EASTERN TIME) ON [ ], 2007, THE VOTING DEADLINE. BALLOTS SUBMITTED BY
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF OLD SECURITIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) TO A MASTER BALLOT AGENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY
SUCH MASTER BALLOT AGENT SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTING DEADLINE TO ENABLE THE MASTER BALLOT
AGENT TO PROCESS SUCH BALLOTS AND SUBMIT A MASTER BALLOT SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY THE VOTING AGENT
PRIOR TO THE VOTING DEADLINE. ONLY THOSE BALLOTS ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE VOTING AGENT BEFORE THE
VOTING DEADLINE WILL BE COUNTED AS EITHER ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THE PLAN. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO
MASTER BALLOTS, NO BALLOTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND ANY BALLOTS
SUBMITTED BY FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC MAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE VOTING AGENT.
B. Holders of Claims or Interests Entitled to Vote
Under section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code, a class of claims or equity interests is deemed to
be impaired under a plan unless (1) the plan leaves unaltered the legal, equitable and
contractual rights to which such claim or equity interest entitles the holder thereof; or (2)
notwithstanding any legal right to an accelerated payment of such claim or equity interest, the
plan (a) cures all existing defaults (other than defaults resulting from the occurrence of events
of bankruptcy), (b) reinstates the maturity of such claim or equity interest as it existed before
the default, (c) compensates the holder of such claim or equity interest for any damages resulting
from such holders reasonable reliance on such legal right to an accelerated payment, and (d) does
not otherwise alter the legal, equitable or contractual rights to which such claim or equity
interest entitles the holder of such claim or equity interest.
In general, a holder of a claim or equity interest may vote to accept or reject a plan if (1)
the claim or equity interest is allowed, which means generally that it is not disputed,
contingent or unliquidated, and (2) the claim or equity interest is impaired by a plan. However,
if the holder of an impaired claim or equity interest will not receive any distribution under the
plan in respect of such claim or equity interest, the Bankruptcy Code deems such holder to have
rejected the plan and provides that the holder of such claim or equity interest is not entitled to
vote. If the claim or equity interest is not impaired, the Bankruptcy Code conclusively presumes
that the holder of such claim or equity interest has accepted the plan and provides that the holder
is not entitled to vote.
Except as otherwise provided in the Approval and Procedures Order, the holder of a Claim
against one or more Debtors that is impaired under the Plan is entitled to vote to accept or
reject the Plan if (1) the Plan provides a distribution in respect of such Claim; and (2) the Claim
has been scheduled by the appropriate Debtor (and is not scheduled as disputed, contingent, or
unliquidated), the holder of such Claim has timely filed a proof of Claim, or a proof of Claim was
deemed timely filed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Voting Deadline. AS SET FORTH
IN THE CONFIRMATION HEARING NOTICE AND IN THE APPROVAL AND PROCEDURES ORDER, OTHER HOLDERS OF
CLAIMS MUST FILE MOTIONS TO HAVE THEIR CLAIMS TEMPORARILY ALLOWED FOR VOTING PURPOSES ON OR BEFORE
[ ], 2007.
A vote on the Plan may be disregarded if the Bankruptcy Court determines, pursuant to section
1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, that it was not solicited or procured in good faith or in
accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. The Approval and Procedures Order also sets
forth assumptions and procedures for tabulating Ballots that are not completed fully or correctly.
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C. Vote Required for Acceptance by a Class
A Class of Claims shall have accepted the Plan if it is accepted by at least two-thirds (2/3)
in amount and more than one-half (1/2) in number of the Allowed Claims in such Class that have
voted on the Plan in accordance with the Approval and Procedures Order. A Class of Interests shall
have accepted the Plan if such Plan is accepted by at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the
Allowed Interests in such Class that have voted on the Plan in accordance with the Approval and
Procedures Order.
D. Voting Procedures
1. Ballots
All votes to accept or reject the Plan with respect to any Class of Claims or Interests must
be cast by properly submitting the duly completed and executed form of Ballot designated for such
Class. Holders of impaired Claims or Interests voting on the Plan should complete and sign the
Ballot in accordance with the instructions thereon, being sure to check the appropriate box
entitled Accept the Plan or Reject the Plan.
ANY BALLOT RECEIVED WHICH DOES NOT INDICATE EITHER AN ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN OR
WHICH INDICATES BOTH ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION OF THE PLAN WILL NOT BE COUNTED FOR PURPOSES OF
DETERMINING ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN.
ANY BALLOT RECEIVED WHICH IS NOT SIGNED OR WHICH CONTAINS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO PERMIT
THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CLAIMANT WILL BE AN INVALID BALLOT AND WILL NOT BE COUNTED FOR PURPOSES
OF DETERMINING ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN.
Ballots must be delivered to the Voting Agent, at its address set forth above, and received by
the Voting Deadline. THE METHOD OF SUCH DELIVERY IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE VOTER. If
such delivery is by mail, it is recommended that voters use an air courier with a guaranteed next
day delivery or registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested. In all cases,
sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery. Except with respect to Master
Ballots, no Ballots may be submitted by facsimile or electronic mail, and any ballots submitted by
facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted by the Voting Agent.
In accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3018(c), the Ballots are based on Official Form No. 14, but
have been modified to meet the particular needs of these cases. PLEASE CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS CONTAINED ON EACH ENCLOSED BALLOT.
In most cases, each Ballot enclosed with this Disclosure Statement has been encoded with the
amount of the Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest for voting purposes (if the Claim is a Contested
Claim, this amount may not be the amount ultimately allowed for purposes of Distribution) and the
Class into which the Claim or Interest has been placed under the Plan.
2. Beneficial Owners of Old Securities
If you are the beneficial owner of Old Common Stock or Bonds (collectively, the Old
Securities) and hold them in your own name, you can vote by completing and signing the
enclosed Ballot and returning it directly to the Voting Agent using the enclosed preaddressed,
postage prepaid envelope.
If you hold Old Securities in street name (i.e., through a brokerage firm, commercial bank,
trust company or other nominee) or an authorized signatory (a brokerage firm or other intermediary
having power of attorney to vote on behalf of a beneficial owner), you can vote by following the
instructions set forth below:
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return the Ballot to the address indicated on the Ballot in the preaddressed,
postage prepaid envelope enclosed with the Ballot. If no envelope was enclosed,
contact your brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee or agent
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If you hold your Old Securities in street name, you should return your Ballot no later than
[ ], 2007 to provide sufficient time for your brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust
company or other nominee, or the agent thereof, to process and tally your Ballot and deliver it to
the Voting Agent by the Voting Deadline.
You may receive multiple mailings of this Disclosure Statement, especially if you own Old
Securities through more than one brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee.
If you submit more than one Ballot for a Class because you beneficially own the securities in that
Class through more than one broker or bank, you must indicate in the appropriate item of the
Ballot(s) the names of ALL broker dealers or other intermediaries who hold securities for you in
the same Class.
Authorized signatories voting on behalf of more than one beneficial owner must complete a
separate Ballot for each such beneficial owner. Any Ballot submitted to a brokerage firm or proxy
intermediary will not be counted until the brokerage firm or proxy intermediary (a) properly
executes the Ballot(s) and delivers them to the Voting Agent, or (b) properly completes and
delivers a corresponding Master Ballot to the Voting Agent.
By voting on the Plan, you are certifying that you are the beneficial owner of the Old
Securities being voted or an authorized signatory for the beneficial owner. Your submission of a
Ballot will also constitute a request that you (or in the case of an authorized signatory, the
beneficial owner) be treated as the record holder of those securities for purposes of voting on the
Plan.
3. Brokerage Firms, Banks and Other Nominees
A brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that is the registered
holder of an Old Security for a beneficial owner, or that is a participant in a securities clearing
agency and is authorized to vote in the name of the securities clearing agency pursuant to an
omnibus proxy and is acting for a beneficial owner, can vote on behalf of such beneficial owner by:
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completing a Master Ballot compiling the votes and other information from the Ballots collected; and |
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transmitting the completed Master Ballot to the Voting Agent. |
A proxy intermediary acting on behalf of a brokerage firm or bank may follow the procedures
outlined in the preceding sentence to vote on behalf of the beneficial owner.
If you are entitled to vote and you did not receive a Ballot, received a damaged Ballot or
lost your Ballot, please contact the Voting Agent in the manner set forth above.
4. Withdrawal or Change of Votes on the Plan
A Ballot may be withdrawn by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Voting Agent, so
that the Voting Agent receives the notice prior to the voting deadline. Thereafter, withdrawal may
be effected only with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
In order to be valid, a notice of withdrawal must (a) specify the name of the holder who
submitted the Ballot to be withdrawn, (b) contain a description of the Claim(s) to which it
relates, and (c) be signed by the holder in the same manner as on the Ballot. The Debtors
expressly reserve the absolute right to contest the validity of any such withdrawals of votes on
the Plan.
Any holder who has submitted a properly completed Ballot to the Voting Agent prior to the
voting deadline may change its vote by submitting to the Voting Agent prior to the voting deadline
a subsequent properly completed Ballot for
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acceptance or rejection of the Plan. In the case where more than one timely, properly
completed Ballot is received with respect to the same Claim, the Ballot that will be counted for
purposes of determining whether sufficient acceptances required to confirm the Plan have been
received will be the Ballot that the Voting Agent determines was the last to be received.
5. Voting Multiple Claims
Separate forms of Ballots are provided for voting the various Classes of Claims and Interests.
A SEPARATE Ballot must be used for each Claim. Any Person who holds Claims and/or Interests in
more than one Class is required to vote separately with respect to each Claim and/or Interest.
Please sign, and return in accordance with the instructions in this section, a separate Ballot with
respect to each such Claim or Interest. However, holders of Claims or Interests are required to
vote all of their Claims or Interests within a particular Class under the Plan and may not split
their votes. In the event that a Ballot or a group of Ballots within a Class received from a
single creditor or interest holder partially rejects and partially accepts the Plan, such Ballots
will NOT be accepted or counted. Ballots partially accepting and partially rejecting the Plan may
be objected to by the Debtors as Ballots not cast in good faith. Only Ballots with original
signatures will be accepted. Ballots with copied signatures will NOT be accepted or counted.
6. Voting Transferred Claims
The transferee of a transferred Claim is entitled to receive a Solicitation Package and cast a
Ballot on account of such transferred Claim only if (a) all actions necessary to effect the
transfer of the Claim pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e) have been completed or (b) the transferee
files by the [Record Date]: (i) documentation required by Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e) to evidence the
transfer and (ii) a sworn statement of the transferor supporting the validity of the transfer.
Where a portion of a single Claim has been transferred to a transferee, all holders of any portion
of such single Claim will be (a) treated as a single creditor for purposes of the numerosity
requirements in section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (and for the other voting and solicitation
procedures set forth in the Approval and Procedures Order) and (b) required to vote every portion
of such Claim collectively to either accept or reject the Plan. In the event that a group of
Ballots received from the various holders of multiple portions of a single Claim partially rejects
and partially accepts the Plan, such Ballots will NOT be accepted or counted.
X.
CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN
A. Confirmation Hearing.
The Bankruptcy Code requires the Bankruptcy Court, after notice, to conduct a Confirmation
Hearing at which it will hear objections (if any) and consider evidence with respect to whether the
Plan should be confirmed. At the Confirmation Hearing, the Bankruptcy Court will confirm the Plan
only if all of the requirements of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code described below are met.
The Confirmation Hearing has been scheduled to begin on [ ], 2007, at [ ].m.
Eastern Time before the Honorable Burton R. Lifland, United States Bankruptcy Judge, United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Alexander Hamilton Customs House, One
Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004. The Confirmation Hearing may be adjourned from time to time by
the Bankruptcy Court without further notice, except for an announcement of the adjourned date made
at the Confirmation Hearing.
B. Deadline to Object to Confirmation
Objections, if any, to the confirmation of the Plan must: (1) be in writing; (2) state the
name and address of the objecting party and the nature of the Claim or Interest of such party; (3)
state with particularity the basis and nature of any objection; and (4) be filed with the
Bankruptcy Court, and served on the following parties so that they are received no later than 5:00
p.m., Eastern Time, on [ ], 2007: (a) the Debtors, c/o DANA CORPORATION, 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo,
Ohio 43615 (Attn: Marc S. Levin, Esq.); (b) counsel to the Debtors, JONES DAY, 222 East 41st
Street, New York, New York 10017 (Attn: Corinne Ball, Esq. and Veerle Roovers, Esq.); JONES DAY,
North Point, 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (Attn: Heather Lennox, Esq. and Carl E.
Black, Esq.); (c) the OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 33
Whitehall Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10004 (Attn: Andrew Velez-Rivera, Esq.); (d)
counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP, 1177
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 (Attn: Thomas
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Moers Mayer, Esq. and Matthew J. Williams, Esq.); (e) counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of
Bondholders; STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 (Attn:
Kristopher M. Hansen); and (f) counsel to Centerbridge Partners LP, WILLKIE FARR GALLAGHER LLP, 787
Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 (Attn: Matthew A. Feldman, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq.,
and Morris J. Massel, Esq.). For purposes of filing objections in these cases, the address of the
Bankruptcy Court is One Bowling Green, New York, New York 10004-1408. Attorneys may also file
pleadings on the Bankruptcy Courts Document Filing System (ECF) by completing and submitting the
Electronic Filing Registration Form, available at http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov.
C. Requirements for Confirmation of the Plan
Among the requirements for confirmation of the Plan are that the Plan (1) is accepted by all
impaired Classes of Claims and Interests or, if rejected by an impaired Class, that the Plan does
not discriminate unfairly and is fair and equitable as to such Class, (2) is feasible, and (3)
is in the best interests of creditors and stockholders that are impaired under the Plan.
1. Requirements of Section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy Code
The following requirements must be satisfied pursuant to section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code before the Bankruptcy Court may confirm a reorganization plan:
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The plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law. |
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Any payment made or to be made by the proponent, by the debtor, or by a person
issuing securities or acquiring property under a plan, for services or for costs and
expenses in or in connection with the case, or in connection with the plan and incident
to the case, has been approved by, or is subject to the approval of, the Bankruptcy
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The proponent of a plan has disclosed the identity and affiliations of any
individual proposed to serve, after confirmation of the plan, as a director, officer,
or voting trustee of the debtor, an affiliate of the debtor participating in a joint
plan with the debtor, or a successor to the debtor under the plan, and the appointment
to, or continuance in, such office of such individual is consistent with the interests
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The proponent of the plan has disclosed the identity of any insider (as defined in
section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) that will be employed or retained by the
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Any governmental regulatory commission with jurisdiction, after confirmation of the
plan, over the rates of the debtor has approved any rate change provided for in the
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each holder of a claim or interest of such class (a) has accepted the plan;
or (b) will receive or retain under the plan on account of such claim or
interest property of a value, as of the effective date of the plan, that is not
less than the amount that such holder would so receive or retain if the debtor
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if section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code applies to the claims of such
class, each holder of a claim of such class will receive or retain under the
plan on account of such claim, property of a value, as of the effective date of
the plan, that is not less than the value of such holders interest in the
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With respect to each class of claims or interests such class has (a) accepted the
plan; or (b) such class is not impaired under the plan (subject to the cramdown
provisions discussed below; see Confirmation of the Plan Requirements of Section
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with respect to a claim of a kind specified in sections 507(a)(2) or
507(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, on the effective date of the plan, the holder
of the claim will receive on account of such claim cash equal to the allowed
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with respect to a class of claim of the kind specified in sections 507(a)(1),
507(a)(4), 507(a)(5), 507(a)(6), or 507(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, each
holder of a claim of such class will receive (a) if such class has accepted the
plan, deferred cash payments of a value, on the effective date of the plan,
equal to the allowed amount of such claim; or (b) if such class has not accepted
the plan, cash on the effective date of the plan equal to the allowed amount of
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over a period ending not later than 5 years after the date of the
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in a manner not less favorable than the most favored nonpriority
unsecured claim provided for by the plan (other than cash payments made
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with respect to a secured claim which would otherwise meet the description of
an unsecured claim of a governmental unit under section 507(a)(8) of the
Bankruptcy Code, but for the secured status of that claim, the holder of that
claim will receive on account of that claim, cash payments, in the same manner
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If a class of claims is impaired under the plan, at least one class of claims that
is impaired under the plan has accepted the plan, determined without including any
acceptance of the plan by any insider (as defined in section 101 of the Bankruptcy
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Confirmation of the plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation, or the
need for further financial reorganization, of the debtor or any successor to the debtor
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All fees payable under 28 U.S.C. section 1930, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court
at the hearing on confirmation of the plan, have been paid or the plan provides for the
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The plan provides for the continuation after its effective date of payment of all
retiree benefits, as that term is defined in section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code, at
the level established pursuant to subsection (e)(1)(B) or (g) of section 1114 of the
Bankruptcy Code, at any time prior to confirmation of the plan, for the duration of the
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The Debtors believe that the Plan meets all the applicable requirements of section 1129(a) of
the Bankruptcy Code other than those pertaining to voting, which has not yet taken place.
2. Best Interests of Creditors
Section 1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code requires that any holder of an impaired claim or
interest voting against a proposed plan of reorganization must be provided in the plan with a
value, as of the effective date of the plan, at least equal to the value that the holder would
receive if the debtors operations were terminated and its assets liquidated under chapter 7 of the
Bankruptcy Code. To determine what the holders of Claims and Interests in each impaired Class
would receive if the Debtors were liquidated, the Bankruptcy Court must determine the dollar amount
that would be generated
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from a liquidation of each Debtors assets in the context of a hypothetical liquidation. Such
a determination must take into account the fact that secured Claims, and any Administrative Claims
resulting from the original Chapter 11 Cases and from the chapter 7 cases, would have to be paid in
full from the liquidation proceeds before the balance of those proceeds were made available to pay
unsecured creditors and make distributions to holders of Interests.
Set forth in Exhibit E hereto is an analysis developed by Dana that assumes that the Chapter
11 Cases are converted to chapter 7 cases and each Debtors assets are liquidated under the
direction of a Bankruptcy Court-appointed trustee. THE LIQUIDATION VALUATIONS HAVE BEEN PREPARED
SOLELY FOR USE IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND DO NOT REPRESENT VALUES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR
ANY OTHER PURPOSE. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ANALYSIS IS INTENDED TO BE OR CONSTITUTES A
CONCESSION BY OR ADMISSION OF ANY DEBTOR FOR ANY PURPOSE. The assumptions used in developing this
analysis are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which would
be beyond the control of the Debtors or a chapter 7 trustee. Accordingly, there can be no
assurances that the values assumed in the liquidation analysis would be realized if the Debtors
were actually liquidated. In addition, any liquidation would take place in the future at which
time circumstances may exist which cannot presently be predicted. A description of the procedures
followed and the assumptions and qualifications made by the Debtors in connection with the
liquidation analysis are set forth in the notes thereto.
After consideration of the effect that a chapter 7 liquidation would have on the ultimate
proceeds available for distribution to the Debtors creditors and equity interest holders,
including (a) the increased cost and expenses of liquidation under chapter 7 arising from fees
payable to the chapter 7 trustee and the attorneys and other professional advisors to such trustee,
(b) additional expenses and claims, some of which would be entitled to priority, which would be
generated during the liquidation, and from the rejection of unexpired leases and executory
contracts in connection with the cessation of the operations of the Debtors, (c) the erosion of the
value of the Debtors Assets in the context of an expedited liquidation required under chapter 7
and the forced sale atmosphere that would prevail, (d) the adverse effects on the salability of
portions of the business that could result from the possible departure of key employees and the
loss of customers and vendors, (e) the cost and expense attributable to the time value of money
resulting from what is likely to be a more protracted proceeding, and (f) the application of the
rule of absolute priority to distributions in a chapter 7 liquidation, the Debtors have determined
that confirmation of the Plan will provide each holder of a Claim or Equity Interest in an impaired
Class entitled to vote with a greater recovery than such holder would have received under a chapter
7 liquidation of the Debtors.
3. Feasibility
The Debtors believe that New Dana Holdco will be able to perform its obligations under the
Plan and continue to operate its business without further financial reorganization or liquidation.
In connection with confirmation of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court will have to determine that the
Plan is feasible pursuant to section 1129(a)(11) of the Bankruptcy Code, which requires that the
confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation or the need for further
financial reorganization of the Debtors.
To support its belief in the Plans feasibility, the Debtors have prepared the Projections (as
hereinafter defined) for New Dana Holdco, as set forth in Exhibit F attached to this Disclosure
Statement.
THE PROJECTIONS WERE NOT PREPARED WITH A VIEW TOWARD COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES
ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA) OR THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SEC. FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN AUDITED BY THE
DEBTORS INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. WHILE PRESENTED WITH NUMERICAL SPECIFICITY, THE
PROJECTIONS ARE BASED UPON A VARIETY OF ASSUMPTIONS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED TO DATE
AND MAY NOT BE ACHIEVED IN THE FUTURE, AND ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC AND
COMPETITIVE UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROJECTIONS SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED
AS A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY BY THE DEBTORS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON, THAT THE PROJECTIONS WILL BE
REALIZED. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY VARY MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PRESENTED IN THE PROJECTIONS.
4. Requirements of Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code
The Bankruptcy Code permits confirmation of a plan even if it is not accepted by all impaired
classes, as long as (a) the plan otherwise satisfies the requirements for confirmation, (b) at
least one impaired class of claims has accepted it
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without taking into consideration the votes of any insiders in such class, and (c) the plan is
fair and equitable and does not discriminate unfairly as to any impaired class that has not
accepted the plan. These so-called cramdown provisions are set forth in section 1129(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
Fair and Equitable
The Bankruptcy Code establishes different cramdown tests for determining whether a
plan is fair and equitable to dissenting impaired classes of secured creditors, unsecured
creditors and equity interest holders as follows:
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Secured Creditors. A plan is fair and equitable to a
class of secured claims that rejects the plan if the plan provides: (i) that
each of the holders of the secured claims included in the rejecting class (A)
retains the liens securing its claim to the extent of the allowed amount of such
claim, whether the property subject to those liens is retained by the debtor or
transferred to another entity, and (B) receives on account of its secured claim
deferred cash payments having a present value, as of the effective date of the
plan, at least equal to such holders interest in the estates interest in such
property; (ii) that each of the holders of the secured claims included in the
rejecting class realizes the indubitable equivalent of its allowed secured
claim; or (iii) for the sale, subject to section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code,
of any property that is subject to the liens securing the claims included in the
rejecting class, free and clear of such liens with such liens to attach to the
proceeds of the sale, and the treatment of such liens on proceeds in accordance
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a class of unsecured claims that rejects the plan if the plan provides that:
(i) each holder of a claim included in the rejecting class receives or retains
under the plan, property of a value, as of the effective date of the plan, equal
to the amount of its allowed claim; or (ii) the holders of claims and interests
that are junior to the claims of the rejecting class will not receive or retain
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Holders of Interests. A plan is fair and equitable as to
a class of Interests that rejects the plan if the plan provides that: (i) each
holder of an equity interest included in the rejecting class receives or retains
under the plan property of a value, as of the effective date of the plan, equal
to the greatest of the allowed amount of (A) any fixed liquidation preference to
which such holder is entitled, (B) the fixed redemption price to which such
holder is entitled, or (C) the value of the interest; or (ii) the holder of any
interest that is junior to the interests of the rejecting class will not receive
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The Debtors believe the Plan is fair and equitable as to secured creditors in Classes 1 and
2, because the Plan provides that their Claims will be either unimpaired, or they will
receive their entitlements under the Bankruptcy Code.
The Debtors also believe the Plan is fair and equitable as to unsecured creditors and
holders of Interests. The Allowed unsecured Claims in Classes 3, 4, 5A and 6B are
unimpaired. Allowed unsecured Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F will be paid in full,
plus Postpetition Interest, before holders of Allowed Claims in Class 7B (Section 510(b) Old
Common Stock Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors) and holders of Allowed Interests in
Class 7A receive any distribution. Holders of Claims in Class 5G will receive the UAW
Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Retiree VEBA Contribution. Holders of Claims in Class
6A are deemed to have accepted the Plan. In full satisfaction of the DCC Claim in Class 6C,
the Reorganized Debtors will satisfy in Cash DCCs outstanding liability under the DCC
Bonds. Holders of Interests in Class 8 are unimpaired and therefore are deemed to have
accepted the Plan.
Unfair Discrimination
A plan of reorganization does not discriminate unfairly if a dissenting class is
treated substantially equally with respect to other classes similarly situated and no class
receives more than it is legally entitled to receive for its claims or Interests. The
Debtors do not believe that the Plan discriminates unfairly against any impaired Class of
Claims or Interests.
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The Debtors believe that the Plan and the treatment of all Classes of Claims and Interests
under the Plan satisfy the foregoing requirements for nonconsensual confirmation of the Plan.
D. Valuation of New Dana Holdco
In conjunction with formulating the Plan, the Debtors determined that it was necessary to
estimate the post-confirmation going concern enterprise value for New Dana Holdco. Accordingly,
the Debtors, with the assistance of their financial advisor and investment banker, Miller Buckfire
& Co., LLC (Miller Buckfire), whose retention was approved by the Bankruptcy Court,
prepared such a valuation.
Two commonly accepted valuation methodologies were used to value the operating assets of New
Dana Holdco: (1) Comparable Companies Methodology and (2) Discounted Cash Flow Methodology. The
estimated value of the non-operating assets (net operating losses, equity earnings in
unconsolidated subsidiaries, the residual value of DCC assets and a note issued by Affinia Group
Holdings Inc. to Dana) of New Dana Holdco was added to the value of the operating assets to derive
the estimated reorganization value of New Dana Holdco.
The Comparable Companies Methodology involved identifying a group of publicly traded companies
whose businesses and operating characteristics are similar to those of Dana as a whole or
significant portions of Danas operations, and evaluating various operating metrics, growth
characteristics and valuation multiples for each of the companies in the group. Miller Buckfire
then developed a range of valuation multiples to apply to the Projections to derive a range of
implied enterprise values for New Dana Holdco.
The Discounted Cash Flow Methodology involved deriving the unlevered free cash flows that Dana
would generate assuming the Projections were realized. To determine Danas enterprise value, these
cash flows and an estimated value of Dana at the end of the projection period were discounted to
the Effective Date using Danas estimated weighted average cost of capital.
ESTIMATES OF VALUE DO NOT PURPORT TO BE APPRAISALS NOR DO THEY NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VALUE
WHICH MAY BE REALIZED IF ASSETS ARE SOLD. THE ESTIMATES OF VALUE REPRESENT HYPOTHETICAL
REORGANIZED ENTERPRISE VALUES ASSUMING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUSINESS PLAN AS WELL AS OTHER
SIGNIFICANT ASSUMPTIONS. SUCH ESTIMATES WERE DEVELOPED SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF FORMULATING AND
NEGOTIATING A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND ANALYZING THE PROJECTED RECOVERIES THEREUNDER.
Based upon the methods described above, the estimated reorganization value of New Dana Holdco
at the Effective Date is between $3,563 million and $4,447 million, with a value of $3,996 million
used as the midpoint estimate. The long-term funded indebtedness, net of unrestricted cash, and
minority interest (Net Debt and Minority Interest) of Dana at the Effective Date is
projected to be $640 million. After deducting Net Debt and Minority Interest from Danas
enterprise value, the estimated total equity value of New Dana Holdco is between $2,923 million and
$3,807 million, with $3,356 million used as an estimate of the total equity value at the Effective
Date. Based on the value ranges above, the distributable plan equity value of New Dana Holdco is
between $2,000 million and $2,604 million with a value of $2,295 million used as the mid-point
estimate.
Assuming 100 million of distributable shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock, the Per Share
Value is between $20.00 and $26.04, with a value of $22.95 used as a mid-point estimate.
THE ESTIMATED ENTERPRISE VALUE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON ACHIEVING THE FUTURE FINANCIAL RESULTS
SET FORTH IN THE PROJECTIONS AS WELL AS THE REALIZATION OF CERTAIN OTHER ASSUMPTIONS, NONE OF WHICH
ARE GUARANTEED.
THE VALUATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN REPRESENT ESTIMATED REORGANIZATION VALUES AND DO NOT
NECESSARILY REFLECT VALUES THAT COULD BE ATTAINABLE IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MARKETS. THE EQUITY VALUE
ASCRIBED IN THE ANALYSIS DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE AN ESTIMATE OF THE POST-REORGANIZATION MARKET
VALUE. SUCH VALUE, IF ANY, MAY BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE REORGANIZED EQUITY VALUE RANGES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE VALUATION ANALYSIS.
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XI.
MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
A. Effects of Confirmation of the Plan
1. Consolidation
Pursuant to the Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Court will approve the consolidation of the
Consolidated Debtors solely for the purpose of implementing the Plan, including for purposes of
voting, Confirmation and distributions to be made under the Plan. The Plan provides that, pursuant
to such order: (a) all assets and Liabilities of the Consolidated Debtors will be deemed merged;
(b) all guarantees by one Consolidated Debtor of the obligations of any other Consolidated Debtor
will be deemed eliminated so that any Claim against any Consolidated Debtor and any guarantee
thereof executed by any other Consolidated Debtor and any joint or several liability of any of the
Consolidated Debtors will be deemed to be one obligation of the Consolidated Debtors; and (c) each
and every Claim Filed or to be Filed in the Chapter 11 Case of any of the Consolidated Debtors will
be deemed Filed against the Consolidated Debtors and will be deemed one Claim against and a single
obligation of the Consolidated Debtors. EFMG is not a Consolidated Debtor since the books and
records of EFMG, as of the Petition Date, indicate that the book value of assets significantly
exceeds the book value of liabilities.
Such consolidation (other than for the purpose of implementing the Plan) shall not affect:
(a) the legal and corporate structures of the Consolidated Debtors, subject to the right of the
Consolidated Debtors to effect restructurings as provided in Section V.B of the Plan; (b) pre- and
post-Effective Date guarantees, liens and security interests that are required to be maintained (i)
in connection with contracts or leases that were entered into during the Chapter 11 Cases or
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been or will be assumed or (ii) pursuant to the
Plan; (c) Interests between and among the Consolidated Debtors; (d) distributions from any
insurance policies or proceeds of such policies; and (e) the revesting of assets in the separate
Reorganized Debtors pursuant to Section V.A of the Plan.
The Plan shall serve as a motion seeking entry of an order consolidating the Consolidated
Debtors, as described and to the limited extent set forth in Section VIII.A of the Plan. Unless an
objection to such consolidation is made in writing by any creditor affected by the Plan, Filed with
the Bankruptcy Court and served on the parties listed in Section X.F of the Plan on or before five
days before either the Voting Deadline, or such other date as may be fixed by the Bankruptcy Court,
the consolidation order (which may be the Confirmation Order) may be entered by the Bankruptcy
Court. In the event any such objections are timely Filed, a hearing with respect thereto shall
occur at or before the Confirmation Hearing. Notwithstanding this provision, nothing herein shall
affect the obligation of each and every Debtor to pay quarterly fees to the Office of the United
States Trustee in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1930.
2. Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including with respect to the Restructuring
Transactions described in Section V.B of the Plan), on the Effective Date: (a) New Dana Holdco
will be incorporated and shall exist as a separate corporate entity, with all corporate powers in
accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware and the certificates of incorporation and bylaws
(or comparable constituent documents) and certificate of designations attached to the Plan as
Exhibits V.C.1.a and V.C.1.b; (b) each Debtor will, as a Reorganized Debtor, continue to exist
after the Effective Date as a separate legal entity, with all of the powers of such a legal entity
under applicable law and without prejudice to any right to alter or terminate such existence
(whether by merger, dissolution or otherwise) under applicable state law; and (c) all property of
the Estate of a Debtor, and any property acquired by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor under the Plan,
will vest, subject to the Restructuring Transactions, in such Reorganized Debtor free and clear of
all Claims, liens, charges, other encumbrances, Interests and other interests. On and after the
Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may operate its business and may use, acquire and dispose
of property and compromise or settle any claims without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy
Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those
restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan or the Confirmation Order. Without limiting the
foregoing, each Reorganized Debtor may pay the charges that it incurs on or after the Effective
Date for Professionals fees, disbursements, expenses or related support services (including fees
relating to the preparation of Professional fee applications) without application to, or the
approval of, the Bankruptcy Court.
3. Restructuring Transactions
On or after the Confirmation Date, the applicable Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may enter
into such Restructuring Transactions and may take such actions as the Debtors or Reorganized
Debtors may determine to be
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necessary or appropriate to effect a corporate restructuring of their respective businesses or
simplify the overall corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors, including but not limited to
the restructuring transactions identified on Exhibit V.B.1 to the Plan, all to the extent not
inconsistent with any other terms of the Plan. Unless otherwise provided by the terms of a
Restructuring Transaction, all such Restructuring Transactions will be deemed to occur on the
Effective Date and may include one or more mergers, consolidations, restructurings, dispositions,
liquidations or dissolutions, as may be determined by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to be
necessary or appropriate. The actions to effect these transactions may include: (a) the execution
and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring,
disposition, liquidation or dissolution containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the
Plan and that satisfy the requirements of applicable state law and such other terms to which the
applicable entities may agree; (b) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of
transfer, assignment, assumption or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, duty or
obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and having such other terms to which the
applicable entities may agree; (c) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of merger,
consolidation, dissolution or change in corporate form pursuant to applicable state law; and (d)
the taking of all other actions that the applicable entities determine to be necessary or
appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable state law in
connection with such transactions. Any such transactions may be effected on or subsequent to the
Effective Date without any further action by the stockholders or directors of any of the Debtors or
the Reorganized Debtors.
The Restructuring Transactions may result in substantially all of the respective assets,
properties, rights, liabilities, duties and obligations of certain of the Reorganized Debtors
vesting in one or more surviving, resulting or acquiring corporations. In each case in which the
surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation in any such transaction is a successor to a
Reorganized Debtor, such surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation will perform the obligations
of the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the Plan to pay or otherwise satisfy the Allowed
Claims against such Reorganized Debtor, except as provided in the Plan or in any contract,
instrument or other agreement or document effecting a disposition to such surviving, resulting or
acquiring corporation, which may provide that another Reorganized Debtor will perform such
obligations.
4. Corporate Governance, Directors and Officers
a. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of New Dana Holdco and the Other
Reorganized Debtors
As of the Effective Date, certificates of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent
documents) of New Dana Holdco and the other Reorganized Debtors, including the certificate of
designations with respect to New Dana Holdco, will be substantially in the forms set forth in
Exhibits V.C.1.a and V.C.1.b to the Plan, respectively. The certificates of incorporation and
bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of New Dana Holdco and each other Reorganized Debtor,
among other things, will: (i) prohibit the issuance of nonvoting equity securities to the extent
required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) with respect to New Dana Holdco,
authorize (A) the issuance of New Dana Holdco Common Stock in amounts not less than the amounts
necessary to permit the distributions required or contemplated by the Plan and (B) the issuance of
the New Preferred Stock. After the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco and each other Reorganized
Debtor may amend and restate their certificates of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable
constituent documents) as permitted by applicable state law, subject to the terms and conditions of
such constituent documents. On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, New
Dana Holdco and each other Reorganized Debtor shall file such certificates of incorporation (or
comparable constituent documents) with the secretaries of state of the states in which New Dana
Holdco and such other Reorganized Debtors are incorporated or organized, to the extent required by
and in accordance with the applicable corporate law of such states. See also Article VII.D The
Global Settlement New Dana Holdco.
b. Directors and Officers of New Dana Holdco and the Other Reorganized Debtors
Subject to any requirement of Bankruptcy Court approval pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the
Bankruptcy Code, from and after the Effective Date: (i) the initial officers of New Dana Holdco
and the other Reorganized Debtors will consist of the individuals identified on Exhibit V.C.2 to
the Plan; (ii) the initial board of directors of New Dana Holdco will be comprised of seven members
(to be identified on Exhibit V.C.2 to the Plan as selected), as follows: (A) three directors
(one of whom must be independent) chosen by Centerbridge, (B) two Independent Directors chosen by
the Creditors Committee, (C) one Independent Director chosen by the Creditors Committee from a
list of three Independent Directors proffered by Centerbridge, provided, however, if none of the
Independent Directors on the list are reasonably satisfactory to the Creditors Committee, then
Centerbridge shall proffer the names of additional Independent Directors until the name of an
Independent Director reasonably satisfactory to the Creditors Committee is put forth and at any
time during that process, the Creditors Committee may submit its own list, which would then be
subject to the same proffer process and (D) the Chief Executive Officer of New Dana Holdco; and
(iii) the initial board of directors of each of the other Reorganized
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Debtors will consist of the individuals identified, or will be designated pursuant to the
procedures specified, on Exhibit V.C.2 to the Plan. Each such director and officer will serve
from and after the Effective Date until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the terms of
the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of New Dana
Holdco or the applicable other Reorganized Debtor and state law. See also Article VII.D The Global
Settlement New Dana Holdco.
c. Compliance with Exchange Act by New Dana Holdco
From and after the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco shall timely file with the SEC the annual
reports, quarterly reports and other periodic reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to
sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
5. New Dana Holdco Common Stock
The New Dana Holdco Common Stock, when issued or distributed as provided in the Plan, will be
duly authorized, validly issued and, if applicable, fully paid and nonassessable. Each
distribution and issuance under the Plan shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in
the Plan applicable to such distribution or issuance and by the terms and conditions of the
instruments evidencing or relating to such distribution or issuance, which terms and conditions
shall bind each person or entity receiving such distribution or issuance.
New Dana Holdco will apply to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a national exchange as
soon as practicable after, the Effective Date when New Dana Holdco meets the applicable listing
requirements. If New Dana Holdco is not able to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a
national exchange, it will cooperate with any registered broker-dealer who may seek to initiate
price quotations for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board.
To the maximum extent provided by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable
nonbankruptcy law, the issuance of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock under the Plan will be exempt
from registration under the Securities Act, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
6. Employment-Related Agreements and Compensation Programs
As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will have authority to: (a) maintain, amend
or revise existing employment, retirement, welfare, incentive, severance, indemnification and other
agreements with their active directors, officers and employees, subject to the terms and conditions
of any such agreement; and (b) enter into new employment, retirement, welfare, incentive,
severance, indemnification and other agreements for active employees.
Prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors ceased providing and paying all retiree benefits (as
defined in section 1114(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) to (a) non-union retirees and their dependents
in accordance with the Stipulation and Agreed Order Between Dana Corporation and the Official
Committee of Non-Union Retirees (Docket No. 5356), dated May 21, 2007; and (b) retirees who had
been members of the IAM and their dependents in accordance with the Agreed Order Approving
Settlement Agreement Between Dana Corporation and the International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers (Docket No. 5180), dated April 27, 2007. Retiree benefits (as defined in section
1114(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) to all UAW and USW-represented retirees will be terminated in
accordance with the Global Settlement Order and Section III.B of the Plan.
From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will continue to administer and pay
the Claims arising before the Petition Date under the Debtors workers compensation programs in
all applicable jurisdictions in accordance with the Debtors prepetition practices and procedures,
applicable plan documents and governing state law; provided, however, that the Claims arising from
the Debtors prepetition contractual assumption of, or indemnity for, the liabilities of
third-parties under workers compensation programs will be treated as General Unsecured Claims in
Classes 5A and 5F, as applicable.
7. Dissolution of Official Committees
On the Effective Date, the Official Committees, to the extent not previously dissolved, will
dissolve, and the members of the Official Committees and their respective Professionals will cease
to have any role arising from or related to
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the Chapter 11 Cases. The Professionals retained by the Official Committees and the
respective members thereof will not be entitled to assert any Fee Claim for any services rendered
or expenses incurred after the Effective Date, except for reasonable fees for services rendered,
and actual and necessary 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 II.A.1.h.ii.A of the Plan.
8. Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors;
Recovery Actions
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, in accordance with section 1123(b)
of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors will retain and may enforce any claims, demands,
rights, defenses and causes of action that the Debtors or the Estates may hold against any entity,
including any Recovery Actions, to the extent not expressly released under the Plan or by any Final
Order of the Bankruptcy Court.
9. 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 will constitute a good faith compromise and
settlement of all claims or controversies relating to the rights that a holder of a Claim
(including Prepetition Intercompany Claims) or Interest may have with respect to any Allowed Claim
or Allowed Interest or any distribution to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of any Allowed
Claim or Allowed Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy
Courts approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or
controversies and the Bankruptcy Courts finding that all such compromises or settlements are in
the best interests of the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, the Estates and their respective property
and Claim and Interest holders, and are fair, equitable and reasonable.
10. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests
Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, the rights afforded under the
Plan and the treatment of Claims and Interests under the Plan will be in exchange for and in
complete satisfaction, discharge and release of all Claims and termination of all Interests arising
on or before the Effective Date, including any interest accrued on Claims from and after the
Petition Date. Except as provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, Confirmation will, as
of the Effective Date and immediately after cancellation of the Old Common Stock of Dana: (a)
discharge the Debtors from all Claims or other debts that arose on or before the Effective Date,
and all debts of the kind specified in section 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code,
whether or not (i) a proof of Claim based on such debt is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section
501 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a Claim based on such debt is allowed pursuant to section 502 of
the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) the holder of a Claim based on such debt has accepted the Plan; and
(b) terminate all Interests and other rights of holders of Interests in the Debtors.
In accordance with the foregoing, except as provided in the Plan, the Confirmation Order will
be a judicial determination, as of the Effective Date and immediately after the cancellation of the
Old Common Stock of Dana, but prior to the issuance of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock, of a
discharge of all Claims and other debts and Liabilities against the Debtors and a termination of
all Interests and other rights of the holders of Interests in the Debtors, pursuant to sections 524
and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge will void any judgment obtained against the
Debtors at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim or terminated
Interest.
11. Releases
a. General Releases by Debtors and Reorganized Debtors
Without limiting any other 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, will forever release, waive and discharge all
Liabilities that they have, had or may have against any Released Party; provided, however, that the
foregoing provisions shall not affect the liability of any Released Party that otherwise would
result from any act or omission to the extent that act or omission subsequently is determined in a
Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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b. General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests
Without limiting any other applicable provisions of, or releases contained in, the Plan, as of
the Effective Date, in consideration for the obligations of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors
under the Plan and the consideration 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 (i) votes in favor of the Plan and/or (ii) to the fullest extent permissible under
law, will be deemed to forever release, waive and discharge all Liabilities in any way relating to
a Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Estates, the Plan, the Confirmation Exhibits or the Disclosure
Statement that such entity has, had or may have against any Released Party (which release will be
in addition to the discharge of Claims and termination of Interests provided in the Plan and under
the Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code).
c. Release of Released Parties by Other Released Parties
From and after the Effective Date, except with respect to obligations under the Plan and the
Global Settlement Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Released
Parties shall release each other from any and all Liabilities that any Released Party is entitled
to assert against any other Released Party in any way relating to any Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases,
the Estates, the formulation, preparation, negotiation, dissemination, implementation,
administration, confirmation or consummation of any of the Plan, or the property to be distributed
under the Plan, the Confirmation Exhibits, the Disclosure Statement, any contract, employee pension
or other benefit plan, instrument, release or other agreement or document related to any Debtor,
the Chapter 11 Cases or the Estates created, modified, amended, terminated or entered into in
connection with either the Plan or any agreement between the Debtors and any Released Party or any
other act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Debtors bankruptcy; provided,
however, that the foregoing provisions shall not affect the liability of any Released Party that
otherwise would result from any act or omission to the extent that act or omission is determined in
a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
d. Release of Derivative Claims
Pursuant to the Plan, all Derivative Claims will be released by the Debtors and the
Reorganized Debtors. As defined in the Plan, Derivative Claim means a claim (as defined
in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) or cause of action that is the property of any of the
Debtors Estates pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation,
those claims and causes of action asserted in Staehr v. Burns et al., Civil Action No.
3:06-cv-07069-JGC, N.D. Ohio (2006) and Casden v. Burns et al., Civil Action No. 3:06-cv-07068-JGC,
N.D. Ohio (2006).
12. Exculpation
From and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties shall neither have nor incur any
liability to any Person for any act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Debtors
restructuring, including the formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, confirmation
or approval of the Global Settlement, the Plan, the Confirmation Exhibits, the Disclosure
Statement, or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document provided for or
contemplated in connection with the consummation of the transactions set forth in the Plan;
provided, however, that the foregoing provisions shall not affect the liability of any Person that
otherwise would result from any such act or omission to the extent that act or omission is
determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any of the
foregoing parties in all respects shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of counsel with respect
to their duties and responsibilities under the Plan.
13. Injunction
On the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order,
a. all Persons who have been, are, or may be holders of Claims against or Interests in a
Debtor shall be enjoined from taking any of the following actions against or affecting a Debtor,
its Estate or its Assets with respect to such Claims or Interests (other than actions brought to
enforce any rights or obligations under the Plan and appeals, if any, from the Confirmation Order):
1. commencing, conducting, or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit,
action, or other proceeding of any kind against a Debtor, its Estate, its Assets, or any direct or
indirect successor in interest to a Debtor, or any assets or property of such successor (including,
without limitation, all suits, actions, and proceedings that are pending as of the Effective Date,
which must be withdrawn or dismissed with prejudice);
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2. enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting, or otherwise recovering by any manner or means,
directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or order against a Debtor, its Estate or its
Assets, or any direct or indirect successor in interest to a Debtor, or any assets or property of
such successor;
3. creating, perfecting, or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
lien against a Debtor, its Estate or its Assets, or any direct or indirect successor in interest to
a Debtor, or any assets or property of such successor other than as contemplated by the Plan;
4. except as provided in the Plan, asserting any setoff, right of subrogation, or recoupment
of any kind, directly or indirectly, against any obligation due a Debtor, its Estate or its Assets,
or any direct or indirect successor in interest to a Debtor, or any assets or property of such
successor; and
5. proceeding in any manner in any place whatsoever that does not conform to or comply with
the provisions of the Plan or the settlements set forth in the Plan to the extent such settlements
have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with Confirmation of the Plan.
b. All Persons that have held, currently hold or may hold any Liabilities released pursuant to
Sections IV.E.6 and IV.E.7 of the Plan will be permanently enjoined from taking any of the
following actions against any Released Party or its property on account of such released
Liabilities: (i) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
suit, action or other proceeding of any kind; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or
otherwise recovering by any manner or means, directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or
order; (iii) creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
lien; (iv) except as provided herein, asserting any setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of
any kind, directly or indirectly, against any obligation due a Released Party; 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.
14. Termination of Certain Subordination Rights and Settlement of Related Claims
and Controversies
The classification and manner of satisfying all Claims and Interests under the Plan take into
consideration all subordination rights, whether arising under general principles of equitable
subordination, contract, section 510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, that a holder of a
Claim or Interest may have against other Claim or Interest holders with respect to any distribution
made pursuant to the Plan. Except as provided in Section IV.E.8.c of the Plan, all subordination
rights that a holder of a Claim may have with respect to any distribution to be made pursuant to
the Plan will be discharged and terminated, and all actions related to the enforcement of such
subordination rights will be permanently enjoined. Accordingly, distributions pursuant to the Plan
to holders of Allowed Claims will not be subject to payment to a beneficiary of such terminated
subordination rights or to levy, garnishment, attachment or other legal process by a beneficiary of
such terminated subordination rights.
Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits
provided under the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will constitute a good faith compromise and
settlement of all claims or controversies relating to the subordination rights that a holder of a
Claim may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or any distribution to be made pursuant to the
Plan on account of any Allowed Claim, except as provided in Section IV.E.8.c of the Plan. The
entry of the Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy Courts approval, as of the
Effective Date, of the compromise or settlement of all such claims or controversies and the
Bankruptcy Courts finding that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the
Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their respective property and Claim and Interest holders and
is fair, equitable and reasonable.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section IV.E.8 of the Plan, the
provisions of section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent applicable, are expressly
preserved and shall be enforced pursuant to the Plan.
15. Creditor Oversight Committee
On or prior to the Effective Date, the Creditor Oversight Committee shall be established
pursuant to the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement.
The powers, rights and responsibilities of the Creditor Oversight Committee shall be specified
in the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement which shall be Filed no later than five Business Days
prior to the Confirmation Hearing and shall include the authority and responsibility to review
proposed resolutions of General Unsecured Claims. In connection with this responsibility, the
Creditor Oversight Committee may employ, without further order of the Bankruptcy
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Court,
professionals to assist in carrying out its duties under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Creditor Oversight Committee Agreement or the Plan, the consultation and objection
rights of the Creditor Oversight Committee with respect to Claims shall be limited to General
Unsecured Claims that would result in the creation of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in excess
of $[500,000].
Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the reasonable and necessary fees and
expenses of the Creditor Oversight Committee (including the reasonable and necessary fees and
expenses of any professionals assisting the Creditor Oversight Committee in carrying out its duties
under the Plan) will be paid by the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the Creditor Oversight
Committee Agreement without further order from the Bankruptcy Court.
16. Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims
Distributions under the Plan to each holder of an Allowed Insured Claim will be in accordance
with the treatment provided under the Plan for the Class in which such Allowed Insured Claim is
classified, but solely to the extent that such Allowed Insured Claim is not satisfied from proceeds
payable to the holder thereof under any pertinent insurance policies and applicable law. Nothing
in Section V.H of the Plan will constitute a waiver of any claims, obligations, suits, judgments,
damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities that any entity may hold against
any other entity, including the Debtors insurance carriers.
From and after the Effective Date, each of the Debtors insurance policies in existence as of
or prior to the Effective Date shall be reinstated and continued in accordance with its terms and,
to the extent applicable, shall be deemed assumed or assumed and assigned by the applicable Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section II.E of the Plan.
Each insurance carrier under such insurance policies shall continue to honor and administer the
policies with respect to the Reorganized Debtors in the same manner and according to the same terms
and practices applicable to the Debtors prior to the Effective Date.
17. Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other
Documentation
Except as provided in any contract, instrument 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 VI of the Plan, the Indentures and the Bonds will be deemed
canceled and of no further force and effect against the Debtors, without any further action on the
part of any Debtor. The holders of the Bonds will have no rights against the Debtors arising from
or relating to such instruments and other documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the
rights provided pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that no distribution under the Plan will
be made to or on behalf of any holder of an Allowed Bondholder Claim until such Bonds are
surrendered to and received by the applicable Third Party Disbursing Agent to the extent required
in Section VI.K of the Plan. Upon the cancellation of the Indentures on the Effective Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations under such Indenture from and after
the Effective Date, including, without limitation, any duties or obligations with respect to
distributions to or for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds under the Plan (other than those
duties or obligations undertaken by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as a Disbursing Agent, if
any).
The Old Common Stock of Dana shall be deemed canceled and of no further force and effect on
the Effective Date. The holders of or parties to such canceled securities and other documentation
will have no rights arising from or relating to such securities and other documentation or the
cancellation thereof, except the rights provided pursuant to the Plan.
18. Release of Liens
Except as otherwise provided in 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 except as specified in the treatment provided for Claims and Interests in Article II of the
Plan, all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests against the property of any
Estate will 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, will revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its successors
and assigns. As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to execute and
file on behalf of creditors, Form UCC-3 Termination Statements or such other forms as may be
necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of Section V.J of the Plan.
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19. Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer
Taxes
The President, CEO, CFO or any Vice President ,etc. of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as
applicable, will be authorized to execute, deliver, file or record such contracts, instruments,
releases and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate and implement the provisions of the Plan. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary
of each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor will be authorized to certify or attest to any of the
foregoing actions. Pursuant to section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the following will not be
subject to any stamp Tax, real estate transfer Tax, mortgage recording Tax, sales or use Tax, or
similar Tax: (a) the issuance, transfer or exchange of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and New
Preferred Stock; (b) the creation of any mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other security interest;
(c) the making or assignment of any lease or sublease; (d) the execution and delivery of the Exit
Facility; (e) any Restructuring Transaction; or (f) 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 of the foregoing
or pursuant to the Plan.
B. Transactions on the Effective Date
The following shall be deemed to occur and be effective as of the Effective Date, if no such
other date is specified in such other documents, and will be authorized and approved in all
respects and for all purposes without any requirement of further action by the stockholders or
directors of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors:
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bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) for New Dana Holdco and the other
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The entry, by the Reorganized Debtors, into the Exit Facility and such parties
receipt of the proceeds thereof; the Reorganized Debtors shall be authorized to execute
and deliver those documents necessary or appropriate to obtain the Exit Facility and to
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The issuance of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock by New Dana Holdco; |
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The issuance and transfer, by New Dana Holdco, of New Preferred Stock to the
New Investor and the holders of Participating Claims, and the receipt by New Dana
Holdco of the New Equity Investment in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
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The distribution of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Cash pursuant to the
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instruments, releases and other agreements or documents related to any of the
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The adoption, execution and implementation of employment, retirement and
indemnification agreements, incentive compensation programs, retirement income plans,
welfare benefit plans and other employee plans and related agreements, and the other
matters provided for under the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Debtors
and Reorganized Debtors, or corporate action to be taken by or required of a Debtor or
Reorganized Debtor will be deemed to occur and be effective as of the Effective Date if
no such other date is specified in such other documents, and will be authorized and
approved in all respects and for all purposes without any requirement of further action
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Reorganized Danas assumption and assignment to the applicable Reorganized
Debtor in consultation with the applicable Unions of (a) the collective bargaining
agreements listed on Exhibit III.A to the Plan, which include the Union Settlement
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entered into by the
Debtors and the UAW or USW at the following bargaining units: (i) Fort Wayne, IN
Local Union 903; (ii) Henderson, KY Local Union 9443-02; (iii) Marion, IN Local
Union 113; (iv) Auburn Hills, MI UAW Local 771; (v) Rochester Hills, MI UAW Local
771; (vi) Longview, TX UAW Local [ ]; (vii) Lima, OH UAW Local 1765; (viii)
Elizabethtown, KY UAW Local 3047; and (ix) Pottstown, PA UAW Local 644, (b) any new
collective bargaining agreements entered into between the Dana and the UAW or USW, (c)
the respective Neutrality Agreements (as defined in the Union Settlement Agreements),
and (d) any and all other related agreements necessary to effect the Union Settlement
Agreements. Upon assumption, all proofs of claim filed by the Unions or any individual
relating to such collective bargaining agreements will be deemed withdrawn. Ordinary
course obligations arising under the assumed agreements shall be unaltered by the Plan
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Reorganized Danas assumption and assignment of the Pension Plans to New Dana
Holdco, which will become the sponsor and continue to administer the Pension Plans,
satisfy the minimum funding standards pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 412 and 29 U.S.C. § 1082
and administer the Pension Plans in accordance with their terms and the provisions of
ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. Furthermore, nothing in the Plan shall be
construed as discharging, releasing or relieving the Debtors or the Debtors successors
from any liability imposed under any law or regulatory provision with respect to the
Pension Plans. Neither the PBGC, the Pension Plans nor any participant or beneficiary
of the Pension Plans shall be enjoined or precluded from enforcing such liability with
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C. Exit Facility
The Exit Facility is a senior secured credit facility that: (1) includes (a) funded
commitments not to exceed $1.5 billion and (b) unfunded commitments; and (2) will be entered into
by the Reorganized Debtors, the Exit Facility Agent and the other financial institutions party
thereto on the Effective Date on substantially the terms set forth on Exhibit I.A.88 to the Plan.
The Reorganized Debtors will enter into the Exit Facility and receive the proceeds thereof. The
Reorganized Debtors are authorized to execute and deliver those documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain the Exit Facility and to take all actions contemplated thereby. This summary of the Exit
Facility is qualified by reference to the terms set forth on Exhibit I.A.88 to the Plan.
D. Provisions Governing Distributions Under the Plan and for Resolving and Treating Contested
Claims
1. General
Except as otherwise provided in Article VI of the Plan, distributions of Cash (including
Distributable Excess Minimum Cash) and Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be
made on the Effective Date to holders of Claims or Interests as provided by Article II of the Plan
that are allowed as of the Effective Date shall be deemed made on the Effective Date if made on the
Effective Date or as promptly thereafter as practicable, but in any event no later than: (a) 60
days after the Effective Date; or (b) with respect to any particular Claim, such later date when
the applicable conditions of Section II.E.3 of the Plan (regarding cure payments for Executory
Contracts and Unexpired Leases being assumed), Section VI.E.2 of the Plan (regarding undeliverable
distributions) or Section VI.K of the Plan (regarding surrender of canceled instruments and
securities), as applicable, are satisfied. Distributions on account of Claims and Interests that
become Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests, respectively, after the Effective Date will be made
pursuant to Section VII.C of the Plan. For the purposes of all distributions of New Dana Holdco
Common Stock to be made pursuant to the Plan, each share of New Dana Holdco Common Stock shall be
valued at the Per Share Value.
2. Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests
The Reorganized Debtors or such Third Party Disbursing Agents as the Reorganized Debtors, in
consultation with the Creditor Oversight Committee, may employ in their sole discretion, will make
all distributions of Cash, New Dana Holdco Common Stock and other instruments or documents required
under the Plan. Each Disbursing Agent will serve without bond, and any Disbursing Agent may employ
or contract with other entities to assist in or make the distributions required by the Plan. The
duties of any Third Party Disbursing Agent shall be set forth in the applicable agreement retaining
such Third Party Disbursing Agent.
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3. Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions
Each Third Party Disbursing Agent providing services related to distributions pursuant to the
Plan will receive from the Reorganized Debtors, without further Bankruptcy Court approval,
reasonable compensation for such services and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with such services. These payments will be made by the Reorganized Debtors
and will not be deducted from distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan to holders of Allowed
Claims receiving distributions from a Third Party Disbursing Agent.
4. Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserves
On the Effective Date, the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve will be established by the
Disbursing Agent and the Reserved Shares and/or Reserved Excess Minimum Cash will be placed in the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve by the Disbursing Agent for the benefit of holders of Disputed
Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F. For the purpose of calculating the amount of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock and/or Excess Minimum Cash to be contributed to the Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve, all Disputed Claims will be treated (solely for purposes of establishing the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve) either as Allowed Claims in the Face Amount of such Claims or as
estimated by the Bankruptcy Court, as applicable.
Cash dividends and other distributions received by the Disbursing Agent on account of the
Reserved Shares, along with any Cash Investment Yield on Cash held in the Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve, will (a) be deposited in a segregated bank account in the name of the Disbursing Agent for
the benefit of holders of Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims, in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and
5F, (b) will be accounted for separately and (c) will not constitute property of the Reorganized
Debtors. The Disbursing Agent will invest any Cash held in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
in a manner consistent with Danas investment and deposit guidelines.
Each holder of a Disputed Claim that ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C,
5D, 5E and 5F will have recourse only to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets and not to
any other assets held by the Reorganized Debtors, their property or any assets previously
distributed on account of any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest. Each holder of an Allowed Claim
or Allowed Interest in Classes 7A or 7B will have recourse, to the extent each holder of an Allowed
Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F has been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest, only to
the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets, if any, and not to any other assets held by any
Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized Debtors, their property or any assets previously distributed on
account of any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest.
The Disbursing Agent shall vote, and shall be deemed to vote, the Reserved Shares held by it
in its capacity as Disbursing Agent in the same proportion as all outstanding shares of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock properly cast in a shareholder vote.
The Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve is intended to be treated, for U.S. federal income Tax
purposes, as a disputed ownership fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.468B
9(b)(1).
5. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions
a. Delivery of Distributions
Except as provided in Section VI.E.1.b of the Plan, distributions to holders of Allowed Claims
and, to the extent applicable, Allowed Interests will be made by a Disbursing Agent: (i) at (A)
the addresses set forth on the respective proofs of Claim Filed by holders of such Claims and (B)
the address of such record holder listed with the registrar or transfer agent for such Interest;
(ii) at the address for a Claim transferee set forth in a valid notice of transfer of Claim; (iii)
at the addresses set forth in any written certification of address change delivered to the
Disbursing Agent (including pursuant to a letter of transmittal delivered to a Disbursing Agent)
after the date of Filing of any related proof of Claim; (iv) at the addresses reflected in the
applicable Debtors Schedules if no proof of Claim has been Filed and the Disbursing Agent has not
received a written notice of a change of address; or (v) if clauses (i) through (iv) are not
applicable, at the last address directed by such holder after such Claim or Interest becomes an
Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest.
Subject to the requirements of Section VI.K and Section VI.E.1.b.ii of the Plan, distributions
to holders of Allowed Bondholder Claims will be made by a Disbursing Agent to the record holders of
the Bonds as of the Distribution Record Date, as identified on a record holder register to be
provided to the Disbursing Agent by the Indenture Trustee within five Business Days after the
Distribution Record Date. This record holder register (i) will provide the name, address and
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holdings of each respective registered holder as of the Distribution Record Date and (ii) must be
consistent with the applicable holders Claim, if Filed, or as otherwise determined by the Court.
With respect to the Allowed Bondholder Claims, on the Effective Date (or as soon as
practicable thereafter in accordance with Section VI.A of the Plan), a Disbursing Agent will
distribute the Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess
Minimum Cash on account of the Allowed Bondholder Claims to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee then will distribute the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Minimum Cash
in accordance with the Plan to the holders of the Allowed Bondholder Claims who surrender the Bonds
to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Sections V.I.1 and VI.K of the Plan. For purposes of
distributions under Section V.E.1.b.ii of the Plan, the Indenture Trustee shall be considered a
Disbursing Agent.
Subject to the requirements of Section VI.K of the Plan, any distributions to holders of
Allowed Interests on account of Old Common Stock of Dana will be made by a Disbursing Agent at the
address of such record holder listed with the registrar or transfer agent for such Interest, to be
provided by such registrar or transfer agent to the Disbursing Agent within five Business Days
after the Distribution Record Date.
The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and any Disbursing Agent shall only be required to act
and make distributions in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Such parties shall have no (i)
liability to any party for actions taken in accordance with the Plan or in reliance upon
information provided to it in accordance with the Plan or (ii) obligation or liability for
distributions under the Plan to any party who does not hold a Claim against or Interest in the
Debtors as of the Distribution Record Date or who does not otherwise comply with the terms of the
Plan, including Sections V.I and VI.K of the Plan.
b. Undeliverable Distributions Held by Disbursing Agents
Subject to Section VI.E.2.c of the Plan, distributions returned to a Disbursing Agent or
otherwise undeliverable will remain in the possession of the applicable Disbursing Agent pursuant
to Section VI.E.2.a.i of the Plan until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable. Subject
to Section VI.E.2.c of the Plan, undeliverable Cash or New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be held by
the applicable Disbursing Agent for the benefit of the potential claimants of such Cash or New Dana
Holdco Common Stock.
Pending the distribution of any New Dana Holdco Common Stock, the Disbursing Agent shall vote,
and shall be deemed to vote, all New Dana Holdco Common Stock held by such Disbursing Agent,
whether relating to undeliverable distributions or undelivered distributions, in the same
proportion as all outstanding shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock properly cast in a shareholder
vote.
On each Periodic Distribution Date, the applicable Disbursing Agent will make all
distributions that become deliverable to holders of Allowed Claims and, as applicable, Allowed
Interests during the preceding calendar quarter; provided, however, that the applicable Disbursing
Agent may, in its sole discretion, establish a record date prior to each Periodic Distribution
Date, such that only Claims Allowed as of the record date will participate in such periodic
distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Disbursing Agent reserves the right,
to the extent it determines a distribution on any Periodic Distribution Date is uneconomical or
unfeasible, or is otherwise unadvisable, to postpone a Periodic Distribution Date.
Any holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest that does not assert a claim pursuant to
the Plan for an undeliverable distribution to be made by a Disbursing Agent within one year after
the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the last date on which a distribution was deliverable
to such holder will have its claim for such undeliverable distribution discharged and will be
forever barred from asserting any such claim against the Reorganized Debtors. In such cases,
unclaimed distributions will become property of New Dana Holdco, free of any restrictions thereon,
and any such unclaimed distribution held by a Third Party Disbursing Agent will be returned to New
Dana Holdco. Nothing contained in the Plan will require any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or
Disbursing Agent to attempt to locate any holder of an Allowed Claim or an Allowed Interest.
6. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes Other than 5B, 5C, 5D,
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Subject to Section VI.A of the Plan, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in
a Class other than 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F and 7B will receive the full amount of the distributions that
the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the
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applicable Class. No later than each Periodic
Distribution Date, distributions also will be made to holders of Disputed Claims in any such Class
that were allowed during the preceding calendar quarter. Such periodic distributions also will be
in the full amount that the Plan provides for Allowed Claims in the applicable Class.
b. Postpetition Interest on Claims
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument,
release, settlement or other agreement entered into in connection with the Plan, or as required by
applicable bankruptcy law, Postpetition Interest shall not accrue on account of any Claim.
c. Post-Effective Date Interest on Claims
Post-Effective Date interest shall not accrue on account of any Claim.
d. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F
Subject to Section VI.A of the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Disbursing Agent will
distribute to each holder of an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F its Pro Rata share
of the Distributable Shares or New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Minimum Cash.
If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E or 5F is
Allowed in an amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating
the initial distribution, the applicable amount of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash
will be distributed, subject to Section VI.F.4.b of the Plan, to the applicable holders of Allowed
Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F on the next Periodic Distribution Date.
On the applicable Periodic Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F its Pro Rata share of the Reserved
Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash, until such time as all Disputed Claims entitled to such
distributions have been resolved. On an applicable Periodic Distribution Date, a holder of an
Allowed Claim in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the
Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up Distribution. The Disbursing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, establish a record date prior to each Periodic Distribution Date, such that only Claims
Allowed as of the record date will participate in such periodic distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Disbursing Agent reserves the right, to the extent it determines a distribution on
any Periodic Distribution Date is uneconomical or unfeasible, or is otherwise unadvisable, to
postpone a Periodic Distribution Date.
e. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in
Class 7B
On the Periodic Distribution Date upon which (i) all Disputed Claims in Classes other than
Class 7B entitled to distributions have been resolved and (ii) all distributions to which the
holders of such Claims are entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan will be made from the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each holder of an
Allowed Interest in Class 7A and an Allowed Claim in Class 7B its Pro Rata share of the Reserved
Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash remaining in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, if any.
For the purpose of calculating the amount of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash to
be initially distributed to holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class
7B, all Disputed Claims in Class 7B will be treated as though such Claims will be Allowed Claims in
the principal amount of such Claims, or as estimated by the Bankruptcy Court, as applicable.
If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Class 7B is Allowed in an
amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating the initial
distribution, the applicable Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash will be distributed,
subject to Section VI.F.5.b of the Plan, to the applicable holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A
and Allowed Claims in Class 7B on the next Periodic Distribution Date.
On the applicable Periodic Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Interest in Class 7A and an Allowed Claim in Class 7B its Pro Rata share of
the Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash, until such time as all Disputed Claims in
Class 7B entitled to such distributions have been resolved. On an applicable Periodic Distribution
Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 7B that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the
Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up Distribution. The Disbursing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, establish a record date prior to each Periodic Distribution Date, such that only Claims
Allowed as of the record date will
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participate in such periodic distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Disbursing Agent reserves the right, to the extent it determines a distribution on
any Periodic Distribution Date is uneconomical or unfeasible, or is otherwise unadvisable, to
postpone a Periodic Distribution Date.
f. Distributions of New Dana Holdco Common Stock No Fractional Shares; Rounding
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, only whole numbers of shares of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock will be distributed. For purposes of all distributions other than the
distribution on the Final Distribution Date, fractional shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock will
be carried forward to the next Periodic Distribution Date. On the Final Distribution Date,
fractional shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
number or zero, as applicable. No New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be distributed on account of
fractional shares that are rounded down.
g. De Minimis Distributions
A Disbursing Agent will not distribute Cash (including Excess Minimum Cash) or New Dana Holdco
Common Stock to the holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable, if the amount of
Cash (including Excess Minimum Cash) or New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be distributed on the
particular Periodic Distribution Date does not constitute a final distribution to such holder and
is, or has an economic value of, less than $500.
h. Administration and Distribution of Union Emergence Shares
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Union Emergence Shares shall be
administered and distributed in accordance with Appendix J to the Union Settlement Agreements.
7. Distribution Record Date
A Disbursing Agent will have no obligation to recognize the transfer of, or the sale of any
participation in, any Allowed Claim that occurs after the Distribution Record Date and will be
entitled for all purposes of the Plan to recognize and make distributions only to those holders of
Allowed Claims that are holders of such Claims, or participants therein, as of the Distribution
Record Date.
As of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, each transfer register for (a)
the Bonds, as maintained by the Indenture Trustee, and (b) the Old Common Stock of Dana, as
maintained by the transfer agent will be closed. The applicable Disbursing Agent will have no
obligation and is not permitted to recognize the transfer of, or sale of any Bondholder Claim or
Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana that occurs after the close of business on the
Distribution Record Date and will be entitled for all purposes of the Plan to recognize and make
distributions only to those holders who are holders of such Claims or Interests as of the close of
business on the Distribution Record Date.
Except as otherwise provided in a Final Order, the transferees of Claims that are transferred
pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3001 prior to the Distribution Record Date will be treated as the
holders of such Claims for all purposes, notwithstanding that any period provided by Bankruptcy
Rule 3001 for objecting to such transfer has not expired by the Distribution Record Date.
8. Means of Cash Payments
Except as otherwise specified in the Plan, Cash payments made pursuant to the Plan will be by
checks drawn on a domestic bank selected by the applicable Disbursing Agent or, at the option of
the applicable Disbursing Agent, by wire transfer from a domestic bank.
9. Foreign Currency Exchange Rate
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or a Bankruptcy Court order, as of the Effective
Date, any General Unsecured Claim asserted in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall
automatically be deemed converted to the equivalent U.S. dollar value using the exchange rate as of
March 2, 2006, set forth in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release for such date.
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10. Establishment of Reserves
The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may establish any reserves that they deem necessary or
advisable to make distributions to holders of Allowed Claims or otherwise to satisfy their
obligations under the Plan.
11. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities
Except as provided in Section VI.K.2 of the Plan for lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
Bonds, each holder of any Bond not held through book entry must tender such Bond to the applicable
Third Party Disbursing Agent in accordance with a letter of transmittal to be provided to such
holders by the Third Party Disbursing Agent as promptly as practicable following the Effective
Date. The letter of transmittal will include, among other provisions, customary provisions with
respect to the authority of the holder of such Bond to act and the authenticity of any signatures
required thereon. All surrendered Bonds will be marked as canceled and delivered to the
Reorganized Debtors. Any holder of an Allowed Bondholder Claim with respect to which the
underlying Bond has been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed must, in lieu of surrendering such
Bond, deliver to the Third Party Disbursing Agent: (a) evidence satisfactory to the Third Party
Disbursing Agent of the loss, theft, mutilation or destruction; and (b) such security or indemnity
as may be required by the Third Party Disbursing Agent to hold the Third Party Disbursing Agent,
the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, harmless from any damages, liabilities or costs incurred in
treating such individual as a holder of such Bond. Upon compliance with Section VI.K.2 of the Plan
by a holder of an Allowed Bondholder Claim, such holder will, for all purposes under the Plan, be
deemed to have surrendered the applicable Bond. Any holder of a Bond not held through book entry
that fails to surrender or is deemed not to have surrendered the applicable Bond within one year
after the Effective Date will have its right to distributions pursuant to the Plan on account
thereof discharged and will be forever barred from asserting any such Claim against the Reorganized
Debtors or their respective property. In such case, any New Dana Holdco Common Stock held for
distribution on account thereof will be treated pursuant to the provisions set forth in Section
VI.E.2.c of the Plan.
Except as provided in Section VI.K.5 of the Plan for lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
certificates of Old Common Stock of Dana, each holder of Old Common Stock of Dana not held through
book entry must tender the Old Common Stock of Dana certificates to the Third Party Disbursing
Agent in accordance with a letter of transmittal to be provided to such holders by the Third Party
Disbursing Agent on or before the Effective Date. The letter of transmittal will include, among
other provisions, customary provisions with respect to the authority of the holder of such
certificates to act and the authenticity of any signatures required thereon. All surrendered
certificates of Old Common Stock of Dana will be marked as canceled and delivered to the
Reorganized Debtors. Any holder of an Allowed Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana with
respect to which the underlying Old Common Stock of Dana certificate has been lost, stolen,
mutilated or destroyed must, in lieu of surrendering such certificate, deliver to the Third Party
Disbursing Agent: (a) evidence satisfactory to the Third Party Disbursing Agent of the loss,
theft, mutilation or destruction; and (b) such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Third Party Disbursing Agent to hold the Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Debtors and the
Reorganized Debtors harmless from any damages, liabilities or costs incurred in treating such
individual as a holder of such Old Common Stock of Dana. Upon compliance with Section VI.K.5 of
the Plan by a holder of an Allowed Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana, such holder
will, for all purposes under the Plan, be deemed to have surrendered the applicable stock
certificate. Any holder of an Allowed Interest on account of Old Common Stock of Dana not held
through book entry that fails to surrender or is deemed not to have surrendered the applicable
stock certificate will have its right to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan on account of
its Allowed Interest discharged and will be forever barred from asserting any such Interest or
related Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property.
12. Withholding and Reporting Requirements
In connection with the Plan, to the extent applicable, each Disbursing Agent will comply with
all applicable Tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on it by any governmental unit,
and all distributions pursuant to the Plan will be subject to applicable withholding and reporting
requirements. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, each Disbursing Agent
will be authorized to take any actions that may be necessary or appropriate to comply with such
withholding and reporting requirements, including, without limitation, liquidating a portion of the
distributions to be made under the Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding
Taxes or establishing any other mechanisms the Disbursing Agent believes are reasonable and
appropriate, including requiring Claim holders to submit appropriate Tax and withholding
certifications. To the extent any Claim holder fails to submit appropriate Tax and withholding
certifications as required by the Disbursing Agent, such Claim holders distribution will be deemed
undeliverable and subject to Section VI.E.2 of the Plan.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, each entity receiving a distribution of Cash
or New Dana Holdco Common Stock pursuant to the Plan will have sole and exclusive responsibility
for the satisfaction and payment of any Tax obligations imposed on it by any governmental unit on
account of the distribution, including income, withholding and other Tax obligations.
The Debtors reserve the right to allocate and distribute all distributions made under the Plan
in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support and other spousal
awards, liens and similar encumbrances.
13. Setoffs
Except with respect to claims of a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor released pursuant to the Plan
or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in
connection with the Plan, each Reorganized Debtor or, as instructed by a Reorganized Debtor, a
Third Party Disbursing Agent may, pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable
nonbankruptcy law, set off against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant to
the Plan on account of the Claim (before any distribution is made on account of the Claim) the
claims, rights and causes of action of any nature that the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor
may hold against the holder of the Allowed Claim; provided, however, that neither the failure to
effect a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder will constitute a waiver or release by the
applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor of any claims, rights and causes of action that the Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor may possess against the Claim holder.
14. Application of Distributions
To the extent applicable, all distributions to a holder of an Allowed Claim will apply first
to the principal amount of such Claim until such principal amount is paid in full and then to any
interest accrued on such Claim prior to the Petition Date, and the remaining portion of such
distributions, if any, will apply to any interest accrued on such Claim after the Petition Date.
15. Treatment of Disputed Claims
a. ADR Procedures
At the Debtors or, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors option, any Disputed
Claim may be submitted to the ADR Procedures in accordance with the terms of the ADR Procedures.
Disputed Claims not resolved through the ADR Procedures will be resolved pursuant to the Plan.
b. Tort Claims
At the Debtors or, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors option, any
unliquidated Tort Claim (as to which a proof of Claim was timely Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases) not
resolved through the ADR Procedures will be determined and liquidated in the administrative or
judicial tribunal(s) in which it is pending on the Effective Date or, if no action was pending on
the Effective Date, in any administrative or judicial tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction. The
Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may exercise the above option by service upon the holder of the
applicable Tort Claim of a notice informing the holder of such Tort Claim that the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors have exercised such option. Upon a Debtors or a Reorganized Debtors service
of such notice, the automatic stay provided under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, or after the
Effective Date, the discharge injunction, will be deemed modified, without the necessity for
further Bankruptcy Court approval, solely to the extent necessary to allow the parties to determine
or liquidate the Tort Claim in the applicable administrative or judicial tribunal(s).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times prior to or after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy
Court will retain jurisdiction relating to Tort Claims, including the Debtors right to have such
Claims determined and/or liquidated in the Bankruptcy Court (or the United States District Court
having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases) pursuant to Section 157(b)(2)(B) of title 28 of the
United States Code, as may be applicable). Any Tort Claim determined and liquidated pursuant to a
judgment obtained in accordance with Section VII.A.2 of the Plan and applicable non-bankruptcy law
that is no longer appealable or subject to review will be deemed an Allowed Claim, as applicable,
in Classes 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F against the applicable Debtor in such liquidated amount,
provided that only the amount of such Allowed Claim that is less than or equal to the Debtors
self-insured retention or deductible in connection with any applicable insurance policy and is not
satisfied from proceeds of insurance payable to the holder of such Allowed Claim under the Debtors
insurance policies will be treated as an Allowed Claim for the purposes of distributions under the
Plan. In no event will a distribution be made under the Plan to the holder of a Tort Claim on
account of any portion of an Allowed Claim in excess of the applicable Debtors deductible or
self-insured retention under any applicable insurance policy. In the event a Tort Claim is
determined and liquidated pursuant to a judgment or order that is
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obtained in accordance with
Section VII.A.2 of the Plan and is no longer appealable or subject to review, and applicable
non-bankruptcy law provides for no recovery against the applicable Debtor, such Tort Claim will be
deemed expunged without the necessity for further Bankruptcy Court approval upon the applicable
Debtors service of a copy of such judgment or order upon the holder of such Tort Claim. Nothing
contained in this Section will constitute or be deemed a waiver of any claim, right or cause of
action that a Debtor may have against any Person or entity in connection with or arising out of any
Tort Claim, including but not limited to any rights under section 157(b)(5) of title 28 of the
United States Code. All claims, demands, rights, defenses and causes of action that the Debtors or
the Reorganized Debtors may have against any Person or entity in connection with or arising out of
any Tort Claim are expressly retained and preserved.
c. Disputed Insured Claims
The resolution of Disputed Insured Claims, including Tort Claims, pursuant to Section VII.A of
the Plan, shall be subject to the provisions of Section V.H of the Plan.
16. No Distributions Pending Allowance
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no payments or distributions will be made on
account of a Disputed Claim until such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, if ever. In lieu of
distributions under the Plan to holders of Disputed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F, the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve will be established on the Effective Date to hold the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets for the benefit of those Claim holders.
17. Prosecution of Objections to Claims and Authority to Amend Schedules
All objections to Claims must be Filed and served on the holders of such Claims, and any
amendment to the Schedules to reduce the scheduled Claim of such holder, must be made by the
Debtors the Reorganized Debtors by the Claims Objection Bar Date. If an objection has not been
Filed to a Claim or an amendment has not been made to the Schedules with respect to a scheduled
Claim by the Claims Objection Bar Date, the particular Claim will be treated as an Allowed Claim if
such Claim has not been allowed earlier.
After the Confirmation Date, but prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Creditors
Committee will have the authority to File, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment
objections to Claims, including pursuant to any alternative dispute resolution or similar
procedures approved by the Bankruptcy Court. Except as provided in the Plan, on or after the
Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, in consultation with the Creditor Oversight Committee,
will have the sole authority to File, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment
objections to Claims, including pursuant to any alternative dispute resolution or similar
procedures approved by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the Reorganized Debtors have not
Filed an objection to a General Unsecured Claim within 20 days of their receipt of a written
request from the Creditor Oversight Committee that the Reorganized Debtors File such an objection,
which written request shall in no event be served upon the Reorganized Debtors prior to the later
of (a) 100 days after the Effective Date or (b) 45 days after the Filing of a proof of Claim for
such General Unsecured Claim, the Creditor Oversight Committee shall have the right to File an
objection to such General Unsecured Claim. On or after the Effective Date, only the Reorganized
Debtors, in consultation with the Creditor Oversight Committee, may settle or compromise any
Disputed Claim or any objection or controversy relating to any Claim, without approval of the
Bankruptcy Court; provided, however, that if the Creditor Oversight Committee Files an objection to
such settlement or compromise within ten Business Days of receiving written notice of such
settlement or compromise, unless agreed to otherwise by the Parties, Bankruptcy Court approval will
be required.
The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will have the authority to amend the
Schedules with respect to any Claim and to make distributions based on such amended Schedules
without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. If any such amendment to the Schedules reduces the
amount of a Claim or changes the nature or priority of a Claim, the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor
will provide (a) the holder of such Claim and (b) the Creditors Committee or Creditor Oversight
Committee (as applicable) with notice of such amendment and such parties will have 20 days to File
an objection to such amendment with the Bankruptcy Court. If no such objection is Filed, the
applicable Disbursing Agent may proceed with distributions based on such amended Schedules without
approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
18. Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed
Distributions on account of Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims after the Effective
Date shall be made in accordance with Article VI of the Plan.
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XII.
ALTERNATIVES TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN
The Debtors believe that the Plan affords holders of Claims and Interests the greatest
opportunity for realization on the Debtors Assets and, therefore, is in the best interests of such
holders. If the Plan is not confirmed, however, the theoretical alternatives include: (A)
liquidation of the Debtors under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code or (B) alternative plans of
reorganization or liquidation under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
A. Liquidation Under Chapter 7
As noted above, the Debtors believe that under the Plan each holder of Impaired Claims and
Interests will receive property of a value not less than the value such holder would receive in a
liquidation of the Debtors under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors belief is based
primarily upon extensive consideration of the effects that a chapter 7 liquidation would have on
the ultimate proceeds available for distribution to holders of Claims and Interests, including, but
not limited to (1) the increased costs and expenses of a liquidation under chapter 7 arising from
fees payable to a chapter 7 trustee and professional advisors to the trustee, including investment
bankers, (2) the erosion in value of assets in a chapter 7 case in the context of the rapid
liquidation required under chapter 7 and the forced sale atmosphere that would prevail, (3) the
adverse effects on the Debtors businesses as a result of the likely departure of key employees,
and (4) the reduction of value associated with a chapter 7 trustees operation of the Debtors
businesses. The Debtors belief is also based upon the liquidation analysis they prepared with the
assistance of AlixPartners, LLC, as well as other professionals of the Debtors (annexed to this
Disclosure Statement as Exhibit E, the Liquidation Analysis). The Liquidation Analysis
does not reflect the likely delay in distributions to holders of Claims and Interests in a
liquidation scenario, which, if considered, would only further reduce the present value of any
liquidation proceeds.
The Debtors believe that any liquidation analysis is speculative as such an analysis is
necessarily premised upon assumptions and estimates which are inherently subject to significant
uncertainties and contingencies, many of which would be beyond the control of the Debtors. Thus,
there can be no assurance as to values that would actually be realized in a chapter 7 liquidation,
nor can there be any assurance that a bankruptcy court would accept the Debtors conclusions or
concur with such assumptions in making its determinations under section 1129(a)(7) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
For example, the Liquidation Analysis necessarily contains an estimate of the amount of Claims
that will ultimately become Allowed Claims. This estimate is based solely upon a review of the
Debtors books and records and the Debtors estimates as to additional Claims that might be filed
in the Chapter 11 Cases or that would arise in the event of a conversion of the case from chapter
11 to chapter 7. No order or finding has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court estimating or
otherwise fixing the amount of Claims at the projected amounts of Allowed Claims set forth in the
Liquidation Analysis. The estimate of the amount of Allowed Claims set forth in the Liquidation
Analysis should not be relied upon for any other purpose, including, without limitation, any
determination of the value of any distribution to be made on account of Allowed Claims and
Interests under the Plan. The annexed Liquidation Analysis is provided solely to disclose to
holders the effects of a hypothetical chapter 7 liquidation of the Debtors, subject to the
assumptions set forth therein.
To the extent that Confirmation of the Plan requires the establishment of amounts for the
chapter 7 liquidation value of the Debtors, funds available to pay Claims, and the reorganization
value of the Debtors, the Bankruptcy Court will determine those amounts at the Confirmation
Hearing.
B. Alternative Plan of Reorganization or Liquidation
The DIP Credit Agreement matures on March 3, 2008. If the DIP Credit Agreement is not
terminated and all obligations thereunder paid in full prior to such date, there will be an event
of default under the DIP Credit Agreement, which will entitle the lenders thereunder to exercise
their remedies under the DIP Credit Agreement, including the right to foreclose on substantially
all of the assets of the Debtors.
The Debtors may be liquidated pursuant to the provisions of a chapter 11 liquidating plan. In
liquidations under chapter 11, the Debtors assets could be sold in an orderly fashion over a more
extended period of time than in liquidations under chapter 7. Thus, a chapter 11 liquidation might
result in larger recoveries than in a chapter 7 liquidation, but the delay in distributions could
result in lower present values received and high administrative costs. Because a trustee is not
required in a chapter 11 case, expenses for professional fees could be lower than in a chapter 7
case, in which a trustee must be appointed. Any distribution to the holders of Claims and
Interests under a chapter 11 liquidation plan probably would be
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delayed substantially.
Furthermore, since substantially all of the Debtors assets are pledged to secure the obligations
of the Debtors under the DIP Credit Agreement, in the event of a chapter 11 liquidation, the Claims
of the lenders under the DIP Credit Agreement would have to be satisfied in full in Cash prior to
any distribution being available to unsecured creditors. Thus, the Debtors believe that a chapter
11 liquidation would not produce distributions as favorable as those under the Plan.
XIII.
PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The Debtors management has developed a five year business plan and prepared consolidated
projected operating and financial results (the Projections) for the years ending December
31, 2012, which are attached to this Disclosure Statement as Exhibit F. The Projections include
(1) projected income statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 through 2012; (2)
projected balance sheets at December 31, 2007 through 2012; and (3) projected statements of cash
flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 through 2012. The balance sheet at December 31,
2007 includes estimated reorganization and fresh-start adjustments.
THE PROJECTIONS ATTACHED TO THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AS EXHIBIT F WERE NOT PREPARED TO COMPLY
WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PUBLISHED BY THE AICPA. THE DEBTORS
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM HAS NEITHER COMPILED NOR EXAMINED THE ACCOMPANYING
PROJECTIONS AND, ACCORDINGLY, DOES NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION OR ANY OTHER FORM OF ASSURANCE WITH
RESPECT TO THE PROJECTIONS, ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROJECTIONS AND DISCLAIMS ANY
ASSOCIATION WITH THE PROJECTIONS. EXCEPT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, THE DEBTORS DO
NOT PUBLISH PROJECTIONS OF THEIR ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL POSITION OR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. THE
DEBTORS, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, AND NEW DANA HOLDCO DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR OTHERWISE REVISE
THESE PROJECTIONS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING OR ARISING AFTER THE DATE OF THIS
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
THE DEBTORS BELIEVE THAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE
REASONABLE. THE ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS MAY NOT BE REALIZED, HOWEVER, AND ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECT
TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES, MANY OF WHICH
ARE BEYOND THE DEBTORS CONTROL. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE OR ARE MADE AS TO WHETHER THE ACTUAL
RESULTS WILL BE WITHIN THE RANGE SET FORTH IN THE PROJECTIONS. SOME ASSUMPTIONS INEVITABLY WILL
NOT MATERIALIZE, AND EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRING SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE
PROJECTIONS WERE PREPARED MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ASSUMED, OR MAY BE UNANTICIPATED, AND
THEREFORE MAY AFFECT FINANCIAL RESULTS IN A MATERIAL AND POSSIBLY ADVERSE MANNER. THE PROJECTIONS,
THEREFORE, MAY NOT BE RELIED UPON AS A GUARANTEE OR OTHER ASSURANCE OF THE ACTUAL RESULTS THAT WILL
OCCUR.
XIV.
CERTAIN RISK FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED
The implementation of the Plan, and the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and New Preferred Stock
to be issued on the Effective Date, are subject to a number of material risks, including (1) those
enumerated below and (2) the risk factors stated in Danas annual report on form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2006 and the quarterly report on form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007,
both of which are attached to this Disclosure Statement as Exhibit C . Prior to voting on the
Plan, each party entitled to vote should carefully consider these risks, as well as all of the
information contained in this Disclosure Statement, including the Exhibits hereto. If any of these
risks actually occurs, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors may not be able to conduct their
business as currently planned, and their financial condition and operating results could be
seriously harmed. In addition to the risks set forth below, risks and uncertainties not presently
known to the Debtors, or risks that the Debtors currently consider immaterial, may also impair the
operations or results of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors. For purposes of this section of
the Disclosure Statement only, the term Dana Companies will be used to refer to the
Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors.
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A. Certain Bankruptcy Considerations
1. Risk of Liquidation or Protracted Reorganization
If the Plan is not confirmed and consummated, there can be no assurance that the Chapter 11
Cases will continue rather than be converted to chapter 7 liquidation cases, or that any
alternative plan of reorganization would be on terms as favorable to holders of Claims and
Interests as the terms of the Plan. If a liquidation or protracted reorganization were to occur,
the distributions to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests could be drastically reduced.
The Debtors believe that, in a liquidation under chapter 7, holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed
Interests would receive substantially less because of the inability in a liquidation to realize the
greater going-concern value of the Debtors Assets. In addition, administrative expenses of a
chapter 7 trustee and the trustees attorneys, accountants and other professionals would cause a
substantial erosion of the value of any potential estate. Furthermore, certain Claims would arise
by reason of the liquidation and from the rejection of unexpired leases and other executory
contracts.
2. Non-Confirmation of the Plan
The Debtors anticipate that certain parties in interest may file objections to the Plan in an
effort to persuade the Bankruptcy Court that the Debtors have not satisfied the confirmation
requirements under sections 1129(a) and (b) of the Bankruptcy Code. However, even if (a) no
objections are filed, (b) all impaired Classes of Claims and Interests accept or are deemed to have
accepted the Plan, or (c) with respect to any Class that rejects or is deemed to reject the Plan,
the requirements for cramdown are met, the Bankruptcy Court, which can exercise substantial
discretion, may determine that the Plan does not meet the requirements for confirmation under
sections 1129(a) and (b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy Code requires,
among other things, (a) a demonstration that the Confirmation of the Plan will not be followed by
liquidation or need for further financial reorganization of the Debtors, except as contemplated by
the Plan, and (b) that the value of distributions to parties entitled to vote on the Plan who vote
to reject the Plan not be less than the value of distributions such creditors and equity security
holders would receive if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Although the Debtors believe that the Plan meets the requirements for confirmation, there can be no
assurance that the Bankruptcy Court will reach the same conclusion. If the Bankruptcy Court
determines that the Plan violates section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code in any manner, including,
among other things, the cramdown requirements under section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the
Debtors have reserved the right to amend the Plan in such a manner so as to satisfy the
requirements of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
B. Risks Relating to New Dana Holdcos Financial Condition
1. Historical Financial Information Will Not Be Comparable
As a result of the consummation of the Plan and the transactions contemplated thereby, New
Dana Holdco will be subject to the fresh-start reporting rules. Accordingly, the financial
condition and results of operations of New Dana Holdco from and after the Effective Date will not
be comparable to the financial condition or results of operations reflected in the consolidated
historical financial statements of the Dana Companies contained in this Disclosure Statement.
2. Dana Companies U.S. Operations Might Not Be Profitable Post-Emergence
The Debtors United States operations have generated losses before income taxes since 2001
aggregating more than $2 billion. Notwithstanding significant restructuring actions undertaken by
the Dana Companies since 2001 in an effort to improve their United States profitability, these
actions have been insufficient to offset the downward profit pressures, in large part due to the
factors cited above. During 2006, the Debtors experienced before tax losses of $443 million (which
included realignment and impairment charges of $56 million and net reorganization costs of $117
million). Although the Restructuring Initiatives and the impact of the Global Settlement will have
a significant effect on the Dana Companies business, the Dana Companies U.S. operations might not
be profitable post-emergence.
3. Restrictions Imposed by Indebtedness
The DIP Credit Agreement allowed the Debtors to refinance substantial amounts of prepetition
debt. Due to this refinancing, the Debtors have significant indebtedness under the DIP Credit
Agreement. In addition, the DIP Credit Agreement includes restrictive financial covenants that
require the Debtors to achieve certain levels of EBITDAR. On the Effective Date, the Debtors
anticipate replacing the DIP Credit Agreement with the Exit Facility.
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The Exit Facility is expected to contain covenants that, among other things and subject to
certain exceptions, will require New Dana Holdco to satisfy certain financial covenants and will
limit the ability of New Dana Holdco to (a) incur additional indebtedness, (b) permit subsidiaries
to issue debt and/or certain types of preferred stock, (c) pay dividends or make other restricted
payments, (d) sell its assets, (e) enter into transactions with certain affiliates, (f) create
liens, and (g) enter into sale and leaseback transactions. The ability of New Dana Holdco to
comply with any of the foregoing provisions may be affected by events beyond its control. The
breach of any of these covenants could result in a default or event of default under the Exit
Facility, which may result in the entire principal balance becoming immediately due and payable.
Accordingly, these anticipated covenants and the potential for adverse affects upon New Dana
Holdcos ability to finance future operations, potential acquisitions, capital needs or to engage
in business activities that may be in its interest, may, among other things, hinder or prevent New
Dana Holdco from (a) responding to changing business and economic conditions, (b) engaging in
transactions that might otherwise be considered beneficial and (c) implementing its business plan.
The ultimate terms and conditions of the Exit Facility are subject to the conditions of the
financial markets at the time a commitment is obtained and the conditions contained in any such
commitment for the Exit Facility once obtained. These terms and conditions may contain additional
or more restrictive covenants than may currently be available. In addition, the interest rate,
fees and other economic terms applicable to the Exit Facility are also subject to the conditions of
the financial markets. Such interest rate, fees or other economic terms may be higher or more
expensive than those currently available.
4. Security Interests
Substantially all of the Debtors cash, receivables, equipment, inventory, real property and
other assets are subject to a first priority lien in favor of the DIP Lenders pursuant to the terms
of the DIP Credit Agreement and orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court. If a holder of a security
interest becomes entitled to exercise its rights as a secured party, it would have the right to
foreclose upon and sell or otherwise transfer the collateral subject to its security interest, and
the collateral accordingly would be unavailable to New Dana Holdco or the subsidiary owning the
collateral and to other creditors of New Dana Holdco or such subsidiary, except to the extent, if
any, that such other creditors have a superior or equal security interest in the affected
collateral or the value of the affected collateral exceeds the amount of indebtedness in respect of
which such foreclosure rights are exercised.
5. Projections
The Projections attached to this Disclosure Statement as Exhibit F are inherently uncertain
and are dependent upon the successful implementation of the Debtors business plan and the
reliability of the assumptions contained in the business plan. The Projections reflect numerous
assumptions, including confirmation and consummation of the Plan in accordance with its terms, the
anticipated future performance of the Reorganized Debtors, industry performance, general business
and economic conditions and other matters, most of which are beyond the control of the Reorganized
Debtors and some of which may not materialize.
Unanticipated events and circumstances occurring subsequent to the preparation of the
Projections may affect the actual financial results of the Reorganized Debtors. Therefore, the
actual results achieved throughout the periods covered by the Projections may vary from the
projected results. These variations may be material and adverse.
6. Reorganized Debtors Business Plans
The Reorganized Debtors may make changes to their business, operations and current business
plans which may have a material impact on the Reorganized Debtors future results of operations and
the price of New Dana Holdcos shares.
C. General Economic Risk Factors and Risks Specific to the Business of the Dana Companies
1. Adverse Effects of Terrorism or Hostilities
The Dana Companies have operations in 28 countries worldwide and are dependent on significant
foreign suppliers and vendors. As a result, the operations of the Dana Companies can be adversely
affected by the occurrence of terrorism or major hostilities domestically and abroad.
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2. Risk that Union Settlement Agreements Are Not Implemented
The achievement of the Dana Companies Restructuring goals will depend in large part on
the implementation of the Union Settlement Agreements. If the Debtors are not able to implement
these agreements, there is no assurance that the Dana Companies will be able to reduce this
significant part of their cost structure and avoid new potential collective bargaining issues and
possible strikes.
3. The Dana Companies Asbestos-Related Product Liability Claims
The Dana Companies have asbestos-related product liability claims because some of their
products in the past contained asbestos. At the end of 2006, the Dana Companies had approximately
73,000 active pending asbestos-related product liability claims, including 6,000 that were settled
and awaiting documentation and payment. Under the Plan, the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will
be Reinstated against the applicable Reorganized Debtors. Additional asbestos-related product
claims might be commenced against the Reorganized Debtors after the Effective Date and as a result
thereof, these companies might incur considerable costs to defend themselves against such claims.
The Creditors Committee employed Analysis, Research, and Planning Corporation to conduct an
independent analysis of the Debtors potential exposure and insurance coverage.
4. Potential Adverse Impact of Environmental Compliance Costs
The operations of the Dana Companies are subject to environmental laws and regulations in
the United States and other countries that govern emissions to the air; discharges to water; the
generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste materials; and the
cleanup of contaminated properties. At the end of 2006, environmental costs with respect to the
Dana Companies former and existing operations were considered to be not material. However, there
is no assurance that the costs of complying with current environmental laws and regulations, or
those that may be adopted in the future, will not increase and adversely impact the Dana Companies.
D. Risks Related to the Securities
1. Dividends Are Not Anticipated; Lack of Dividends May Limit Investor Demand
New Dana Holdco does not anticipate paying any dividends on the New Dana Holdco Common Stock
in the foreseeable future. The lack of dividend prospects may have an adverse impact on the demand
for New Dana Holdco Common Stock as certain institutional investors may invest only in
dividend-paying equity securities or may operate under other restrictions that may prohibit or
limit their ability to invest in the New Dana Holdco Common Stock.
2. Risks Associated with Receipt and Ownership of New Dana Holdco Common Stock
As discussed previously, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in Classes 5B,
5C, 5D, 5E, and 5F will receive its Pro Rata share of [ ] shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock in
accordance with the Plan. Thus, upon implementation of the Plan, each holder of such Allowed
Claim, as an equity holder in New Dana Holdco, will become subordinated to all liabilities of New
Dana Holdco. Therefore, the assets of New Dana Holdco would not be available for distribution to
any holder of New Dana Holdco Common Stock in any bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of New
Dana Holdco unless, and until, all indebtedness of New Dana Holdco has been paid. See Overview of
the Plan Summary of Classes and Treatment of Claims and Interests.
3. No Established Market for New Dana Holdco Common Stock; Volatility is
possible
No established market exists for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock. New Dana Holdco is
expected to apply to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a national exchange as soon as
practicable after the Effective Date when New Dana Holdco meets the listing requirements. It is
unlikely, however, that such securities will qualify for listing at the time they are issued.
Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will ever be listed on
a national exchange. If New Dana Holdco is not able to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a
national exchange, it is expected to cooperate with any registered broker-dealer who may seek to
initiate price quotations for such securities on the OTC Bulletin Board. Again, however, no
assurance can be given that such securities will be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. New Dana
Holdco, therefore, cannot provide any assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be
publicly tradable at any time after the Effective Date. If no public market for the New Dana
Holdco Common Stock
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develops, holders of such securities may have difficulty selling or obtaining
timely and accurate quotations with respect to such securities.
There cannot be any assurance as to the degree of price volatility in any market that develops
for the New Common Shares. The New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be issued pursuant to the Plan
to: (a) holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F; (b) to the Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve, the assets of which will be distributed pro rata to holders of (i) Allowed Section
510(b) Old Common Stock Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors in Class 7B and (ii) Allowed
Interests in Class 7A, to the extent holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F
have been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest; (c) holders of New Preferred Stock converting
such stock; and (d) certain Union employees who are entitled to a post-emergence bonus. Some of
these holders may not elect to hold equity on a long-term basis. Sales by future shareholders of a
substantial number of shares after the Effective Date could significantly reduce the market price
of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock. Moreover, the perception that these shareholders might sell
significant amounts of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock could depress the trading price of the
shares for a considerable period. Sales of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock, and the possibility
thereof, could make it more difficult for New Dana Holdco to sell equity, or equity-related
securities, in the future at a time and price that they consider appropriate.
The valuation of New Dana Holdco Common Stock contained in this Disclosure Statement is not an
estimate of the prices at which the New Dana Holdco Common Stock may trade in the market, and the
Debtors have not attempted to make any such estimate in connection with the development of the
Plan. The value of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock ultimately may be substantially higher or
lower than reflected in the valuation assumptions provided in this Disclosure Statement.
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One of the New Dana Holdco Shareholders Will Acquire a Significant Degree of
Influence on the Matters Presented to the Shareholders |
One of the shareholders of New Dana Holdco will acquire a large enough ownership in New Dana
Holdco to have a significant influence on the matters presented to New Dana Holdcos shareholders.
In accordance with the Plan, Centerbridge will own New Preferred Shares that, based on current
assumptions, may be converted into approximately up to 20% to 24% (if Centerbridge were to purchase
all of the $250 million of New Series B Preferred Stock for which it has provided a backstop
commitment) of the shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock. Centerbridge may be able to have
significant influence over matters requiring shareholder approval. Centerbridge will have
contractual rights, such as approval rights and the right to nominate and elect directors to the
New Dana Holdco Board. Furthermore, this concentration of ownership may delay, defer, or prevent a
change in control of New Dana Holdco, impede a takeover or other business combination involving New
Dana Holdco, or discourage a potential acquirer from making an offer to acquire New Dana Holdco
Common Stock or otherwise attempting to obtain control of New Dana Holdco, any of which could cause
the market price of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to decline.
XV.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN
A. General
A DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN IS PROVIDED BELOW.
THE DESCRIPTION IS BASED ON THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (THE IRC), TREASURY REGULATIONS,
JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS, ALL AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THIS
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE, POSSIBLY WITH RETROACTIVE EFFECT. CHANGES IN ANY
OF THESE AUTHORITIES OR IN THEIR INTERPRETATION COULD CAUSE THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF
THE PLAN TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THE CONSEQUENCES DESCRIBED BELOW.
THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN ARE COMPLEX AND, IN IMPORTANT RESPECTS,
UNCERTAIN. NO RULING HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (THE IRS); NO
OPINION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM DEBTORS COUNSEL CONCERNING ANY TAX CONSEQUENCE OF THE PLAN; AND NO
TAX OPINION IS GIVEN BY THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
THE DESCRIPTION THAT FOLLOWS DOES NOT COVER ALL ASPECTS OF FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION THAT MAY BE
RELEVANT TO THE DEBTORS OR HOLDERS OF CLAIMS OR INTERESTS. FOR
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EXAMPLE, THE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT
ADDRESS ISSUES OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO CERTAIN TYPES OF TAXPAYERS, SUCH AS DEALERS IN SECURITIES,
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-U.S. TAXPAYERS.
IN ADDITION, THE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT DISCUSS STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. TAX CONSEQUENCES.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE DESCRIPTION THAT FOLLOWS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING
AND PROFESSIONAL TAX ADVICE BASED UPON THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH HOLDER OF A CLAIM OR
INTEREST. HOLDERS OF CLAIMS OR INTERESTS ARE URGED TO CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS
REGARDING THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN.
B. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Debtors
1. Cancellation of Debt Income
Generally, the discharge of a debt obligation by a debtor for an amount less than the adjusted
issue price (in most cases, the amount the debtor received on incurring the obligation, with
certain adjustments) creates cancellation of indebtedness (COD) income, which must be
included in the debtors income. However, COD income is not recognized by a taxpayer that is a
debtor in a reorganization case if the discharge is granted by the court or pursuant to a plan of
reorganization approved by the court. The Plan, if approved, would enable the Debtors to qualify
for this bankruptcy exclusion rule with respect to any COD income triggered by the Plan.
If debt is discharged in a reorganization case, however, certain income tax attributes
otherwise available and of value to the debtor are reduced, in most cases by the amount of the
indebtedness forgiven. Tax attributes subject to reduction include: (a) net operating losses
(NOLs) and NOL carryforwards; (b) most credit carryforwards, including the general
business credit and the minimum tax credit; (c) capital losses and capital loss carryforwards; (d)
the tax basis of the debtors depreciable and nondepreciable assets, but not in an amount greater
than the excess of the aggregate tax bases of the property held by the debtor immediately after the
discharge over the aggregate of the debtors liabilities immediately after the discharge; and (e)
foreign tax credit carryforwards.
A debtor may elect to avoid the prescribed order of attribute reduction and instead reduce the
basis of certain property first. In the case of affiliated corporations filing a consolidated
return (such as Dana and its consolidated subsidiaries), the attribute reduction rules apply first
to the separate attributes of or allocable to the particular corporation whose debt is being
discharged, and then, if necessary, to certain attributes of other members of the group.
Accordingly, COD income of a debtor would result first in the reduction of any consolidated NOLs
and other attributes, including asset basis, attributable to such debtor, and then, if necessary,
of consolidated NOLs and/or basis attributable to other members of the consolidated group, after
use of any such NOLs to determine the consolidated groups taxable income for the tax year in which
the debt is discharged.
2. Limitation on NOL Carryforwards
Section 382 of the IRC provides rules limiting the utilization of a corporations NOLs and
other losses, deductions and credits following a more than 50% change in ownership of a
corporations equity (an Ownership Change). An Ownership Change will occur with respect
to the Debtors in connection with the Plan. Therefore, post-Effective Date usage of the Debtors
NOLs and other tax attributes (after reduction for COD income) by the Reorganized Debtors will be
limited by section 382(l)(6) of the IRC. Under that section, the amount of post-ownership change
annual taxable income of the Reorganized Debtors that can be offset by the pre-ownership change
NOLs of the Debtors generally cannot exceed an amount equal to the product of (a) the applicable
federal long-term tax-exempt rate in effect on the date of the ownership change and (b) the value
of Danas stock immediately prior to implementation of the Plan (the Annual Limitation).
The value of Danas stock for purposes of this computation would reflect the increase, if any, in
value resulting from any surrender or cancellation of any Claims in the Chapter 11 Cases. For
instance, if the equity value of New Dana Holdco were $[3.356] billion and the applicable U.S.
federal long-term tax-exempt rate in effect on the date of the
ownership change were [4.5]%, the
Annual Limitation would be $[151.02] million.
Any unused Annual Limitation may be carried forward, thereby increasing the Annual Limitation
in the subsequent taxable year. However, if New Dana Holdco does not continue Danas historic
businesses or use a significant portion of its assets in a new business for two years after the
ownership change (the Business Continuity Requirement), the Annual Limitation resulting
from the ownership change is zero.
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In addition, the Annual Limitation may be increased if Dana has a net unrealized built-in gain
at the time of an ownership change. If, however, Dana has a net unrealized built-in loss at the
time of an ownership change, the Annual Limitation may apply to such net unrealized built-in loss.
Although the issue is not free from doubt, Dana anticipates that it will be in a [net unrealized
built-in loss position] at the time the Plan is implemented.
3. Alternative Minimum Tax
In general, a federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) is imposed on a corporations
alternative minimum taxable income (AMTI) at a 20% rate to the extent that such tax
exceeds the corporations regular federal income tax for the year. AMTI is generally equal to
regular taxable income with certain adjustments. For purposes of computing AMTI, certain tax
deductions and other beneficial allowances are modified or eliminated. In particular, even though
a corporation might otherwise be able to offset all of its taxable income for regular federal
income tax purposes by available NOL carryforwards, a corporation is generally entitled to offset
no more than 90% of its AMTI with NOL carryforwards (as recomputed for AMT purposes). Accordingly,
usage of the Debtors NOLs by the Reorganized Debtors may be subject to limitations for AMT
purposes in addition to any other limitations that may apply.
In addition, if a corporation (or a consolidated group) undergoes an ownership change and is
in a net unrealized built-in loss position on the date of the ownership change, the corporations
(or groups) aggregate tax basis in its assets may be reduced for certain AMT purposes to reflect
the fair market value of such assets as of the change date. Accordingly, if the Debtors are in a
net unrealized built-in loss position on the Effective Date, for AMT purposes the tax benefits
attributable to basis in assets may be reduced.
Any AMT that a corporation pays generally will be allowed as a nonrefundable credit against
its regular federal income tax liability in future taxable years when the corporation is no longer
subject to AMT.
4. Restructuring Transactions
The Identified Restructuring Transactions set forth on Exhibit V.B.1 to the Plan will
constitute, for federal income tax purposes, a reorganization of the Debtors that generally will
not be taxable to the Debtors, and the NOLs and other tax attributes of the Debtors generally will
carry over to the Reorganized Debtors subject to certain reductions and limitations including those
described herein.
The cancellation of Prepetition Intercompany Claims that will occur as part of the
Restructuring Transactions generally will take the form of deemed capital contributions from Dana
to Subsidiary Debtors or deemed distributions to Dana from Subsidiary Debtors for federal income
tax purposes and generally should not result in any federal income tax consequences to the Debtors.
Other federal income tax consequences to the Debtors may result depending on the terms of any
additional Restructuring Transactions that occur with respect to the Debtors.
C. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of Claims
The federal income tax consequences of the Plan to a holder of a Claim will depend, in part,
on whether the Claim constitutes a tax security for federal income tax purposes, what type of
consideration was received in exchange for the Claim, whether the holder reports income on the
accrual or cash basis, whether the holder has taken a bad debt deduction or worthless security
deduction with respect to the Claim and whether the holder receives distributions under the Plan in
more than one taxable year.
1. Definition of Securities
There is no precise definition of the term security under the federal income tax law.
Rather, all facts and circumstances pertaining to the origin and character of a claim are relevant
in determining whether it is a security. Nevertheless, courts generally have held that a debt
instrument having a term of less than five years will not be considered a tax security, while
corporate debt evidenced by a written instrument and having an original maturity of ten years or
more will be considered a tax security.
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2. Holders of Claims Constituting Tax Securities
Under the Plan, holders of certain Allowed Claims constituting tax securities may receive New
Dana Holdco Common Stock, cash and/or a contingent, residual interest in the Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve Assets (such an interest hereinafter referred to as a Contingent
Interest). A holder who receives New Dana Holdco Common Stock and cash or a Contingent
Interest would recognize gain (but not loss), if any, to the extent of any cash received. Because
additional distributions may be made to holders of Claims after the initial distribution, a portion
of any gain realized by a holder in satisfaction of its Claim may be deferred until the holder has
received its final distribution in respect of its Contingent Interest. All holders are urged to
consult their tax advisors regarding the possible application of, or ability to elect out of, the
installment method of reporting gain that may be recognized in respect of a Claim. To the extent
any portion of a holders recovery is allocable to interest on the Claim, such portion would be
treated as interest income to such holder. See Certain Other Tax Considerations for Holders of
Claims or Interests Accrued but Unpaid Interest below for a discussion of the allocation of
recoveries first to principal and then to interest.
The holders aggregate tax basis in the New Dana Holdco Common Stock (apart from any portion
thereof allocable to interest) would equal the portion of the holders basis in its Claim allocable
to the New Dana Holdco Common Stock; and the holding period for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock
(apart from any portion allocable to interest) would include the holding period of the Allowed
Claims surrendered. The holders tax basis in any New Dana Holdco Common Stock allocable to
interest would equal the fair market value of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on the date of its
distribution to the holder New Dana Holdco and the holding period of such stock would begin on the
day after the day of receipt.
Any gain recognized would be capital or ordinary, depending on the status of the Claim in the
holders hands, including whether the Claim constitutes a market discount bond in the holders
hands. Generally, any gain recognized by a holder of an Allowed Claim would be a long-term capital
gain if the Claim is a capital asset in the hands of the holder and the holder has held such Claim
for more than one year, unless the holder had previously claimed a bad debt or worthless securities
deduction or the holder had accrued market discount with respect to such Claim. See Certain Other
Tax Considerations for Holders of Claims or Interests Market Discount below for a discussion of
the character of any gain recognized from a Claim with accrued market discount.
3. Holders of Claims Not Constituting Tax Securities
A holder of an Allowed Claim other than an Allowed Claim in Class 5G that is not a tax
security who receives New Dana Holdco Common Stock, cash and/or a Contingent Interest in exchange
for such holders Claim would recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between
(a) the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of New Dana Holdco Common Stock received by the
holder with respect to its Claim and (b) the holders adjusted tax basis in its Claim. Because
additional distributions may be made to holders of Claims after the initial distribution, any loss
and a portion of any gain realized by a holder in satisfaction of its Claim may be deferred until
the holder has received its final distribution in respect of its Contingent Interest. All holders
are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible application of, or ability to elect
out of, the installment method of reporting gain that may be recognized in respect of a Claim.
To the extent any portion of a Claimholders recovery is allocable to interest on the Claim, such
portion would be treated as interest income to such holder. See Certain Other Tax Considerations
for Holders of Claims or Interests Accrued but Unpaid Interest below for a discussion of the
allocation of recoveries first to principal and then to interest.
The tax basis for any New Dana Holdco Common Stock received under the Plan by a holder of a
Claim not constituting a tax security would equal its fair market value on the date of distribution
to the holder by Reorganized Dana. The holding period for any New Dana Holdco Common Stock
received under the Plan by such a holder generally would begin on the day following the day of
receipt.
Any gain or loss recognized would be capital or ordinary, depending on the status of the Claim
in the holders hands, including whether the Claim constitutes a market discount bond in the
holders hands. Generally, any gain or loss recognized by a holder of a Claim not constituting a
tax security would be a long-term capital gain if the Claim is a capital asset in the hands of the
holder and the holder has held such Claim for more than one year, unless the holder had previously
claimed a bad debt or worthless securities deduction or the holder had accrued market discount with
respect to such Claim. See Certain Other Tax Considerations for Holders of Claims or Interests
Market Discount below for a discussion of the character of any gain recognized from a Claim with
accrued market discount.
Payment of the UAW Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Retiree VEBA Contribution would have
no federal income tax consequences to holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5G.
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D. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of Interests
A holder of an Old Common Stock of Dana Interest who receives a Contingent Interest in
exchange for such holders Old Common Stock of Dana Interest would recognize gain or loss in an
amount equal to the difference between (a) the amount of the payment it receives, if any, in
respect of its Contingent Interest and (b) its adjusted tax basis in its Old Common Stock of Dana
Interest. Any loss and a portion of any gain realized by a holder in respect of its Old Common
Stock of Dana Interest may be deferred until the holder has received its final distribution in
respect of its Contingent Interest. All holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding
the possible application of, or ability to elect out of, the installment method of reporting gain
that may be recognized in respect of an Interest.
Generally, any gain or loss recognized by a holder of an Old Common Stock of Dana Interest
would be a long-term capital gain if such Interest is a capital asset in the hands of the holder
and the holder has held such Interest for more than one year, unless the holder had previously
claimed a worthless securities deduction with respect to such Interest.
E. Certain Other Tax Considerations for Holders of Claims or Interests
1. Payments from Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
The Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve is intended to be treated, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, as a disputed ownership fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section
1.468B-9(b)(1). If any payment is to be made out the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, such
payment will not be deemed to have been made to any recipient until, and to the extent that, the
amount to which the payee is entitled has been determined and distributed. At such time, the
recipient will recognize income or loss based upon the difference between (a) the amount of the
payment it receives, if any, and (b) its adjusted basis in its Claim or Old Common Stock of Dana
Interest, as applicable.
Any income realized by the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve prior to the time of its
distributions to the holders of Contingent Interests will be reported by the Disbursing Agent as
income of and taxable to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
2. Accrued but Unpaid Interest
In general, a Claim holder that was not previously required to include in taxable income any
accrued but unpaid interest on the Claim may be required to take such amount into income as taxable
interest. A Claim holder that was previously required to include in taxable income any accrued but
unpaid interest on the Claim may be entitled to recognize a deductible loss to the extent that such
interest is not satisfied under the Plan. The Plan provides that, to the extent applicable, all
distributions to a holder of an Allowed Claim will apply first to the principal amount of such
Claim until such principal amount is paid in full and then to any interest accrued on such Claim
prior to the Petition Date, and the remaining portion of such distributions, if any, will apply to
any interest accrued on such Claim after the Petition Date. There is no assurance, however, that
the IRS will respect this treatment and will not determine that all or a portion of amounts
distributed to such holder and attributable to principal under the Plan is properly allocable to
interest. Each holder of a Claim on which interest has accrued is urged to consult its tax advisor
regarding the tax treatment of distributions under the Plan and the deductibility of any accrued
but unpaid interest for federal income tax purposes.
3. Post-Effective Date Distributions
Holders of Claims may receive distributions of New Dana Holdco Common Stock or Cash subsequent
to the Effective Date. The imputed interest provisions of the IRC may apply to treat a portion of
any Post-Effective Date distribution as imputed interest. Imputed interest may, with respect to
certain holders, accrue over time using the constant interest method, in which event the holder
may, under some circumstances, be required to include imputed interest in income prior to receipt
of a distribution.
In addition, because additional distributions may be made to holders of Claims after the
initial distribution, any loss and a portion of any gain realized by a holder may be deferred until
the holder has received its final distribution. All holders are urged to consult their tax
advisors regarding the possible application of, or ability to elect out of, the installment
method of reporting gain that may be recognized in respect of a Claim.
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4. Reinstatement of Claims
Holders of Claims that will be Reinstated generally should not recognize gain, loss or other
taxable income upon the Reinstatement of their Claims under the Plan. Taxable income, however, may
be recognized by those holders if they are considered to receive interest, damages or other income
in connection with the Reinstatement or if the Reinstatement is considered for tax purposes to
involve a substantial modification of the Claim.
5. Bad Debt and/or Worthless Securities Deduction
A holder who, under the Plan, receives in respect of a Claim or Interest an amount less than
the holders tax basis in the Claim or Interest may be entitled in the year of receipt (or in an
earlier or later year) to a bad debt deduction in some amount under section 166(a) of the IRC or a
worthless securities deduction under section 165(g) of the IRC. The rules governing the character,
timing and amount of bad debt or worthless securities deductions place considerable emphasis on the
facts and circumstances of the holder, the obligor and the instrument with respect to which a
deduction is claimed. Holders of Claims and/or Interests, therefore, are urged to consult their
tax advisors with respect to their ability to take such a deduction.
6. Market Discount
A holder that purchased its Claim from a prior holder with market discount will be subject to
the market discount rules of the IRC. Under those rules, assuming that the holder has made no
election to amortize the market discount into income on a current basis with respect to any market
discount instrument, any gain recognized on the exchange of its Claim (subject to a de minimis
rule) generally would be characterized as ordinary income to the extent of the accrued market
discount on such Claim as of the date of the exchange.
To the extent that a holders Claim is exchanged in a transaction in which gain or loss is not
recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any accrued market discount not treated as
ordinary income upon such exchange should carry over, on an allocable basis, to any New Dana Holdco
Common Stock received, such that any gain recognized by the holder upon a subsequent disposition of
such New Dana Holdco Common Stock would be treated as ordinary income to the extent of any accrued
market discount not previously included in income.
7. Installment Method
A holder of a Claim constituting an installment obligation for tax purposes may be required to
recognize currently any gain remaining with respect to the obligation if, pursuant to the Plan, the
obligation is considered to be satisfied at other than its face value, distributed, transmitted,
sold, or otherwise disposed of within the meaning of section 453B of the IRC.
8. Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
All distributions under the Plan will be subject to applicable federal income tax reporting
and withholding. The IRC imposes backup withholding (currently at a rate of 28%) on certain
reportable payments to certain taxpayers, including payments of interest. Under the IRCs backup
withholding rules, a holder of a Claim may be subject to backup withholding with respect to
distributions or payments made pursuant to the Plan, unless the holder (a) comes within certain
exempt categories (which generally include corporations) and, when required, demonstrates this fact
or (b) provides a correct taxpayer identification number and certifies under penalty of perjury
that the taxpayer identification number is correct and that the taxpayer is not subject to backup
withholding because of a failure to report all dividend and interest income. Backup withholding is
not an additional federal income tax, but merely an advance payment that may be refunded to the
extent it results in an overpayment of income tax. A holder of a Claim may be required to
establish an exemption from backup withholding or to make arrangements with respect to the payment
of backup withholding.
F. Importance of Obtaining Professional Tax Assistance
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION IS INTENDED ONLY AS A SUMMARY OF CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING WITH A TAX PROFESSIONAL.
THE ABOVE DISCUSSION IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE. THE TAX CONSEQUENCES
ARE IN MANY CASES UNCERTAIN AND MAY VARY DEPENDING ON A HOLDERS INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
ACCORDINGLY, HOLDERS ARE URGED TO
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CONSULT WITH THEIR TAX ADVISORS ABOUT THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL
AND FOREIGN INCOME AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN.
XVI.
APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS
A. General
The Debtors anticipate that no registration statement will be filed under the Securities Act,
or any state securities laws with respect to the offer and distribution under the Plan of the New
Dana Holdco Common Stock on the Effective Date. The Debtors believe that the provisions of section
1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code exempt the offer and distribution of such securities under the
Plan from federal and state securities registration requirements as discussed below.
New Dana Holdco intends to apply to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a national
exchange or interdealer quotation system as soon as practicable after the Effective Date when New
Dana Holdco meets the listing requirements. Securities listed or approved for listing on the NYSE
(and certain other major exchanges) or securities which will be listed upon completion of a
transaction, are deemed to be covered securities, as such term is defined in the National
Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 (NSMIA) (section 18 of the Securities Act).
Pursuant to that section, states are preempted from regulating any transaction in such covered
securities, including the requirement of any notice filing or fee.
However, there can be no assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be listed on
national exchange or interdealer quotation system. If New Dana Holdco is not able to list such
securities on the national exchange or interdealer quotation system, it intends to cooperate with
any registered broker-dealer who may seek to initiate price quotations for the New Dana Holdco
Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board. See Means of Implemention of the Plan New Dana Holdco
Common Stock.
The shares of New Series A Preferred Stock and New Series B Preferred Stock to be issued in
connection with the Plan are being offered and sold in an offering conducted in reliance upon rule
506 of Regulation D, promulgated under section 4(2) of the Securities Act, are exempt from federal
securities registration and, in addition, involve a covered security under NSMIA. State
regulation of such an offering (but not notice filings and fees) has been preempted by NSMIA.
Assuming the Debtors enter into the Exit Facility and any component of the Exit Facility is
deemed to constitute a security, the Debtors anticipate that the offer and sale of those
components will satisfy the requirements of rule 506 under Regulation D, promulgated under section
4(2) of the Securities Act, are exempt from federal securities registration and, in addition,
involve a covered security under NSMIA. State regulation of such an offering (but not notice
filings and fees) has been preempted by NSMIA.
B. Bankruptcy Code Exemptions from Registration Requirements
1. Initial Offer and Sale of Securities
Section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code exempts the offer and sale of securities under a
plan of reorganization from registration under the Securities Act and state securities laws if
three principal requirements are satisfied: (a) the securities must be offered and sold under a
plan of reorganization and must be securities of the debtor, an affiliate participating in a joint
plan with the debtor or a successor to the debtor under the plan; (b) the recipients of the
securities must hold a prepetition or administrative expense claim against the debtor or an
interest in the debtor; and (c) the securities must be issued entirely in exchange for the
recipients claim against or interest in the debtor, or principally in such exchange and partly for
cash or property. Section 1145(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code exempts the offer of a security
through any warrant, option, right to purchase or conversion privilege that is sold in the manner
specified in section 1145(a)(1) and the sale of a security upon the exercise of such a warrant,
option, right or privilege. The Debtors believe that the offer and sale of the New Dana Holdco
Common Stock under the Plan satisfy the requirements of section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code
and, therefore, are exempt from registration under the Securities Act and state securities laws.
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2. Subsequent Transfers of Securities
In general, all resales and subsequent transactions in the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will
be exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to section 4(1) of the Securities
Act, unless the holder thereof is deemed to be an underwriter with respect to such securities, an
affiliate of the issuer of such securities or a dealer. Section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy Code
defines four types of underwriters:
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Under section 2(11) of the Securities Act, an issuer includes any affiliate of the issuer,
which means any person directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the issuer. Under section 2(12) of the Securities Act,
a dealer is any person who engages either for all or part of such persons time, directly or
indirectly, as agent, broker or principal in the business of offering, buying, selling or otherwise
dealing or trading in securities issued by another person. Whether or not any particular person
would be deemed to be an underwriter or an affiliate with respect to any security to be issued
pursuant to the Plan or to be a dealer would depend upon various facts and circumstances
applicable to that person. Accordingly, the Debtors express no view as to whether any person would
be deemed to be an underwriter or an affiliate with respect to any security to be issued
pursuant to the Plan or to be a dealer.
In connection with prior bankruptcy cases, the staff of the SEC has taken the position that
resales by accumulators and distributors of securities distributed under a plan of reorganization
are exempt from registration under the Securities Act if effected in ordinary trading
transactions. The staff of the SEC has indicated in this context that a transaction may be
considered an ordinary trading transaction if it is made on an exchange or in the
over-the-counter market and does not involve any of the following factors:
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prepared or used to assist in the resale of such securities, other than a bankruptcy
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the sale of such securities designed as a special incentive to the resale of such
securities (other than the compensation that would be paid pursuant to arms-length
negotiations between a seller and a broker or dealer, each acting unilaterally, not
greater than the compensation that would be paid for a routine similar-sized sale of
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The Debtors have not sought the views of the SEC on this matter and, therefore, no assurance
can be given regarding the proper application of the ordinary trading transaction exemption
described above. Any persons intending to rely on such exemption are urged to consult their own
counsel as to the applicability thereof to any particular circumstances.
In addition, for any affiliate of an issuer deemed to be an underwriter, Rule 144 provides
an exemption from registration under the Securities Act for certain limited public resales of
unrestricted securities by affiliates of the issuer of such securities. Rule 144 allows a holder
of unrestricted securities that is an affiliate of the issuer of such securities to sell, without
registration, within any three-month period a number of shares of such unrestricted securities that
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exceed the greater of 1% of the number of outstanding securities in question or the
average weekly trading volume in the securities in question during the four calendar weeks
preceding the date on which notice of such sale was filed pursuant to Rule 144, subject to the
satisfaction of certain other requirements of Rule 144 regarding the manner of sale, notice
requirements and the availability of current public information regarding the issuer.
GIVEN THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A PARTICULAR PERSON MAY BE AN UNDERWRITER,
THE DEBTORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING THE RIGHT OF ANY PERSON TO TRADE IN THE SECTION 1145
PLAN SECURITIES. IN ADDITION, TRADING RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY UNDER SECTION 16 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
(SECTION 16). THE DEBTORS RECOMMEND THAT HOLDERS OF CLAIMS CONSULT THEIR OWN COUNSEL
CONCERNING WHETHER THEY MAY FREELY TRADE SUCH SECURITIES.
3. Subsequent Transfers Under State Law
State securities laws generally provide registration exemptions for subsequent transfers by a
bona fide owner for the owners own account and subsequent transfers to institutional or accredited
investors. Such exemptions generally are expected to be available for subsequent transfers of the
New Dana Holdco Common Stock.
C. Certain Transactions by Stockbrokers
Under section 1145(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, stockbrokers effecting transactions in the
New Dana Holdco Common Stock prior to the expiration of 40 days after the first date on which such
securities were bona fide offered to the public by New Dana Holdco or by or through an underwriter
are required to deliver to the purchaser of such securities a copy of this Disclosure Statement
(and supplements hereto, if any, if ordered by the Bankruptcy Court) at or before the time of
delivery of such securities to such purchaser. In connection with prior bankruptcy cases, the
staff of the SEC has taken so-called no-action positions with respect to noncompliance by
stockbrokers with such requirement in circumstances in which the debtor was, and the reorganized
debtor was to continue to be, subject to and in compliance with the periodic reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act. The views of the SEC on this matter, however, have not been sought by the
Debtors and, therefore, no assurance can be given regarding the possible consequences of
noncompliance by stockbrokers with the disclosure statement delivery requirements of section
1145(a)(4). Stockbrokers are urged to consult their own counsel with respect to such requirements.
XVII.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Any statements in this Disclosure Statement concerning the provisions of any document are not
necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to such document for the full text
thereof. Certain documents described or referred to in this Disclosure Statement have not been
attached as Exhibits because of the impracticability of furnishing copies of these documents to all
recipients of this Disclosure Statement. All Exhibits to the Plan will be Filed with the
Bankruptcy Court and available for review, free of charge, on the Document Websites no later than
[______], 2007 (i.e., five (5) days prior to the deadline to vote to accept or reject the Plan).
Copies of all Exhibits to the Plan also may be obtained, free of charge, from BMC by contacting
them via (a) regular mail at Dana Voting Agent, The BMC Group, P.O. Box 952, El Segundo, CA
90245-0952, (b) delivery or courier at Dana Voting Agent, BMC Group, Inc., 1330 E. Franklin Ave.,
El Segundo, CA 90245, or (c) toll-free telephone for U.S. callers at (888) 819-7916 (Dana
Employee/Retiree Line) or (888) 819-7921 (Dana Vendor Line and General Line), and for international
callers, call +1-310-321-5587 (Dana Employee/Retiree Line) or +1-310-321-5573 (Dana Vendor Line and
General Line). All parties entitled to vote on the Plan are encouraged to obtain and review all
Exhibits to the Plan prior to casting their vote.
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XVIII.
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
The Debtors believe that the Confirmation and consummation of the Plan is preferable to all
other alternatives. Consequently, the Debtors urge all parties entitled to vote to accept the Plan
and to evidence their acceptance by duly completing and returning their Ballots so that they will
be received on or before the Voting Deadline.
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Respectfully submitted,
DANA CORPORATION (on its own behalf and on behalf
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EXHIBIT
E
DANA CORPORATION
Liquidation Analysis
The Debtors believe that the Plan meets the best interest of creditors test as set forth in
section 1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code. Classes 2C, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, 6A, 6C and 7 are
impaired classes with respect to the Plan. The Debtors believe that the holders of Allowed Claims
in each impaired class will receive at least as much under the Plan as they would if the Debtors
were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors believe the Liquidation
Analysis and the conclusions set forth herein are fair and accurate, and represent managements
best judgment with regard to the results of a chapter 7 liquidation of these Debtors.
Obligations under the DIP Credit Agreement are secured by a first priority lien on
substantially all of the assets of Dana Corporation and all of its domestic subsidiaries, and are
likewise guaranteed by all of Danas domestic subsidiaries. These obligations are also secured by
a pledge of 100% of the shares of Danas domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the shares of certain of
its foreign subsidiaries. The remaining 35% of the shares of such foreign subsidiaries are
unencumbered. Accordingly, only 65% of the proceeds from the liquidation of the non-Debtor
subsidiaries may be applied to satisfy claims of the Debtors. The remaining 35% of the proceeds
are returned, once creditors of the foreign subsidiaries are satisfied, to the equity holders of
such entities, including EFMG, LLC, Dana Automotive Aftermarket, Inc. and Dana Corporation as
distributable value.
The Plan contemplates a consolidated treatment for all creditors of the Debtors excluding the
creditors of a single Debtor, EFMG, LLC. The Debtors estimate that EFMG, LLC has few individual
creditors and a relatively insignificant level of unsecured claims when taken against the aggregate
of the claims of the Debtors as a whole. In addition, EFMG, LLC has substantial assets, including
but not limited to its equity interests in the unencumbered stock of certain of the non-Debtor
subsidiaries. Under the Plan, the Debtors contemplate payment in full to holders of unsecured
claims of EFMG, LLC thereby meeting the test as set forth in Section 1129(a)(7). Accordingly, no
effort has been made to separately classify the assets or the claims of EFMG, LLC in this
Liquidation Analysis.
In addition, the Plan also contemplates the Reinstatement of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.
In chapter 7 liquidation, such Claims would be pari passu with the Consolidated Debtors current
General Unsecured Claims, would significantly increase the General Unsecured Claims against the
Consolidated Debtors and would ultimately reduce the overall recovery to holders of General
Unsecured Claims. An estimate of such Claims is not included in this analysis.
The Liquidation Analysis reflects the estimated cash proceeds, net of liquidation-related
costs that would be realized if the Debtors were to be liquidated in accordance with chapter 7 of
the Bankruptcy Code. Underlying the Liquidation Analysis are a
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number of estimates and assumptions that, although developed and considered reasonable by
management of the Debtors, and by the Debtors professionals, are inherently subject to significant
business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies beyond the control of the
Debtors and management, and are also based upon assumptions with respect to certain liquidation
decisions that could be subject to change. ACCORDINGLY, THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE VALUES
REFLECTED IN THE LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS WOULD BE REALIZED IF THE DEBTORS WERE, IN FACT, TO UNDERGO
SUCH A LIQUIDATION, AND ACTUAL RESULTS COULD VARY MATERIALLY FROM THOSE SHOWN HERE.
The Liquidation Analysis was prepared by management of the Debtors, with the assistance of its
professionals. The Liquidation Analysis is based on Danas balance sheet as of June 30, 2007 and
is predicated on the assumption that the Debtors would commence chapter 7 liquidation on December
31, 2007. The Liquidation Analysis assumes that the actual June 30, 2007 balance sheet is a
conservative proxy for the December 31, 2007 balance sheet. The actual amount of tangible assets
on the balance sheet of the Debtors at June 30, 2007, including cash, accounts receivable,
inventory, and property, plant and equipment, exceeds the amount of tangible assets on the balance
sheet of the Debtors both at December 31, 2006, and as projected at December 31, 2007. The Debtors
believe that the use of the June 30, 2007 balance sheet provides the most detailed view of the
specific classes of assets for each Debtor and, given the higher level of tangible assets at that
time, provides a more optimistic recovery under a liquidation scenario than might otherwise be
realized if the projected assets at December 31, 2007 were used.
It is also assumed that the liquidation of the Debtors would commence under the direction of a
Court-appointed trustee and would continue for a period of nine months, during which time all of
the Debtors major assets would either be sold or conveyed to the respective lien holders, and the
cash proceeds, net of liquidation-related costs, would then be distributed to creditors. Although
the liquidation of some assets might not require nine months, other assets would be more difficult
to collect or sell, thus requiring a liquidation period substantially longer than nine months. The
liquidation period would allow for the collection of receivables, the conversion of inventory both
on hand and, in some instances, from additional purchases of raw materials, into finished goods for
sale to the Debtors customers, the orderly sale of fixed assets, and the orderly wind-down of
daily operations following the completion of any remaining production. For certain assets,
estimates of the liquidation values were made for each asset individually. For other assets,
liquidation values were assessed for general classes of assets by estimating the percentage
recoveries that a trustee might achieve through this orderly disposition. It is assumed that the
liquidation of the Debtors non-U.S. subsidiaries would be accomplished via an out-of-court
restructuring. Should the liquidation of non-U.S. operations require legal oversight in the local
jurisdiction, the cost of such liquidation would increase significantly.
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The Liquidation Analysis assumes, among other things, the orderly liquidation and wind down of
all assets (including the non-Debtor assets) of the Torque, Traction, Structures and Commercial
Vehicle businesses. Although the Debtors operate in a highly competitive industry and have many
direct competitors, certain trends in the historical relationship between the OEMs and their Tier 1
suppliers (including improvements in just-in-time inventory methods, a trend toward consolidating
suppliers and the long lead times for platform development) have increased the mutual dependence of
Tier 1 suppliers on the OEMs and, likewise, the dependence of the OEMs on their large Tier 1
suppliers.
Management believes that developing acceptable alternative sources of supply for the parts
currently provided by these business units would be costly to execute quickly, and that its OEM
customers would be dependent upon the Debtors to continue to provide product for some period of
time sufficient to replace the volumes currently provided by the Debtors. Management believes its
OEM customers would react to an exit by the Debtors from the supply chain with a combination of
actions that would likely include (a) continuing to purchase product from the Debtors at cost for
some limited period of time following the conversion to chapter 7, (b) altering production
schedules to accelerate the production of platforms with components not currently supplied by the
Debtors, and (c) contracting with its other suppliers of like parts to develop acceptable
alternatives on an expedited basis. While the Debtors would continue to produce product pursuant
to the specific assumptions detailed herein, developing alternative sources of supply on an
expedited basis would likely be very costly to the OEMs. The Debtors believe that causing the OEMs
to re-source their supply of the Debtors products would likely result in significant additional
claims against the Debtors for breaches of their supply contracts. Such claims have not been
estimated for purposes of this analysis.
Management believes its OEM customers would require product supplied by certain of its
businesses, including its Torque, Traction and Commercial Vehicle businesses. Specifically,
management believes that, with regard to the aforementioned businesses, certain alternative sources
of supply exist for the Debtors products and that such sources, while costly to switch to on an
expedited basis, could be available within a 90 day time frame. The Debtors believe that its
customers may require the Debtors to continue to supply product from its Structures business for
180 days while they developed alternative sources of supply.
Management believes the remaining Debtor and non-Debtor assets, specifically those comprising
its Sealing, Thermal and Off Highway businesses, have greater value as going concerns than in an
orderly wind-down and that the sale of those businesses could be completed in 90 to 120 days.
Thus, the Liquidation Analysis assumes an orderly liquidation on a going concern basis for these
assets. Net proceeds from the sale of these businesses, assuming a purchaser would also assume the
go forward liabilities associated with these businesses, would be available for distribution to
creditors of the Debtors.
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There can be no assurances that the actual value realized in a sale of these operations would
yield the results as assumed in the Liquidation Analysis.
The Liquidation Analysis assumes that liquidation proceeds would be distributed in accordance
with Bankruptcy Code section 726. If a chapter 7 liquidation were pursued for the Debtors, the
amount of liquidation value available to unsecured creditors would be reduced, first, by the costs
of the liquidation, including fees and expenses of the trustee appointed to manage the liquidation,
fees and expenses of other professionals retained by the trustee to assist with the liquidation and
asset disposition expenses; second, by claims under the DIP Credit Facility and the carve-out for
unpaid professional fees (the Carve-Out); third, by the claims of secured creditors to the extent
of the value of their collateral except as described herein; and, fourth, by the priority and
administrative costs and expenses of the chapter 7 estates, including unpaid operating expenses
incurred during the Chapter 11 Cases and any accrued and unpaid professional fees and expenses in
excess of the Carve-Out allowed in the chapter 7 cases.
The liquidation itself would trigger certain priority payments that otherwise would not be due
in the ordinary course of business. These priority payments would be made in full before any
distribution of proceeds to pay general unsecured claims or to make distributions in respect of
equity interests. The liquidation would likely prompt certain other events to occur, including the
termination of Danas pension and retiree benefit plans, the rejection of remaining executory
contracts and unexpired leases (including rejection of the Debtors collective bargaining
agreements), defaults under agreements with customers to provide products, the need for estimation
of any asbestos personal injury Claims against the Debtors and the acceleration of Claims related
to environmental liabilities. Such events would likely create a much larger number of unsecured
creditors and would subject the chapter 7 estates to considerable additional claims for damages for
breaches of those contracts or for the rejection of those contracts under the Bankruptcy Code.
Such claims would also materially increase the amount of unsecured claims against the Debtors and
would dilute any potential recoveries to other holders of unsecured claims. No attempt has been
made to estimate additional unsecured claims that may result from such events under a chapter 7
liquidation scenario. In addition, the Claims currently filed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, by asbestos claimants and by Danas non-union retirees have been excluded from this
analysis and would likely change in amount and/or classification if liquidation under chapter 7
were commenced.
The Liquidation Analysis necessarily contains an estimate of the amount of Claims that will
ultimately become Allowed Claims. Estimates for various classes of Claims are based solely upon
the Debtors continuing review of the Claims filed in these Chapter 11 Cases and Danas books and
records. No order or finding has been entered by the Court estimating or otherwise fixing the
amount of Claims at the projected levels set forth in this Liquidation Analysis. In preparing the
Liquidation Analysis, the Debtors
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have projected amounts of Claims that are consistent with the estimated Claims reflected in
the Plan with certain modifications as specifically discussed herein.
The Liquidation Analysis assumes that there are no recoveries from the pursuit of any
potential preferences, fraudulent conveyances, or other causes of action and does not include the
estimated costs of pursuing those actions.
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EXHIBIT E
DANA CORPORATION (Note A)
Liquidation Analysis
As of December 31, 2007
The Company has prepared this liquidation analysis (the Liquidation Analysis)
in connection with the Disclosure Statement and Plan. The Liquidation Analysis
estimates the value that may be recovered by classes of Claims upon disposition
of the assets in a Chapter 7 liquidation.
STATEMENT OF ASSETS
($ in millions)
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Projected Net Book |
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Value (Note B) |
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Hypothetical Percentage Recovery |
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Hypothetical Recovery (Amount) |
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Note |
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(Unaudited) |
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Low |
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High |
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Low |
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High |
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Midpoint |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents |
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C |
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$ |
876.2 |
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87.5 |
% |
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87.5 |
% |
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$ |
766.7 |
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$ |
766.7 |
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$ |
766.7 |
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Accounts Receivable |
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D |
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Trade |
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950.1 |
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48.4 |
% |
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76.6 |
% |
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459.9 |
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728.1 |
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594.0 |
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Other |
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265.2 |
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25.3 |
% |
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54.2 |
% |
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67.0 |
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143.8 |
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105.4 |
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Inventories |
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E |
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449.7 |
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78.0 |
% |
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97.4 |
% |
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351.0 |
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438.0 |
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394.5 |
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Other Current Assets |
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F |
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121.5 |
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0.0 |
% |
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0.0 |
% |
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Investments in Equity Affiliates |
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G |
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431.2 |
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29.6 |
% |
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37.9 |
% |
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127.7 |
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163.3 |
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145.5 |
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Investments and Other Non-Current Assets |
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H |
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448.5 |
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15.2 |
% |
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21.1 |
% |
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68.4 |
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94.7 |
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81.5 |
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Property, Plant and Equipment |
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I |
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1,366.8 |
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16.7 |
% |
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29.3 |
% |
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227.8 |
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400.8 |
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314.3 |
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Value of Going Concern Entities (Net) |
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J |
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2,197.9 |
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40.4 |
% |
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42.2 |
% |
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888.0 |
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928.0 |
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914.0 |
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Total Assets |
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$ |
7,107.1 |
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$ |
2,956.5 |
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$ |
3,663.4 |
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$ |
3,315.9 |
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Costs Associated with Liquidation: |
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Payroll/Overhead Costs |
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K |
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(107.7 |
) |
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(89.4 |
) |
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(98.5 |
) |
Non-Debtor Creditors |
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K |
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(893.3 |
) |
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(893.3 |
) |
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(893.3 |
) |
Liquidation Costs of PP&E |
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K |
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(22.8 |
) |
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(40.1 |
) |
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(31.4 |
) |
Chapter 7 Trustee Fees |
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K |
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(89.4 |
) |
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(111.1 |
) |
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(100.2 |
) |
Chapter 7 Professional Fees (9 months) |
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K |
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(45.0 |
) |
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|
(45.0 |
) |
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(45.0 |
) |
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$ |
(1,158.1 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,178.9 |
) |
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$ |
(1,168.5 |
) |
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Net Estimated Liquidation Proceeds Available for Distribution |
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$ |
1,798.3 |
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$ |
2,484.5 |
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$ |
2,147.4 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Liquidation Analysis
8/30/2007
D-4
EXHIBIT E
DANA CORPORATION
Liquidation Analysis
as of December 31, 2007
DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS SUMMARY
($ in millions)
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Estimated |
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Estimated |
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Allowable |
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Recovery |
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Note |
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Claims |
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Value |
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Net Estimated Proceeds Available for Distribution |
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Midpoint |
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$ |
2,147.4 |
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Less Superpriority Administrative Claims: |
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Carve Out for Professional Fees |
|
L |
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$ |
20.0 |
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Additional Drawn Letters of Credit |
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L |
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138.1 |
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Debtor-in-Possession Facility |
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L |
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900.0 |
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Total Superpriority Administrative Claims |
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$ |
1,058.1 |
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Hypothetical recovery to Superpriority Administrative Claims |
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100.0 |
% |
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Proceeds Available after Superpriority Administrative Claims |
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$ |
1,089.3 |
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Less Secured Claims: |
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|
Synthetic Leases Port Authority |
|
M |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Secured Claims |
|
M |
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|
5.0 |
|
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Total Secured Claims |
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$ |
5.0 |
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|
Hypothetical recovery to Secured Claims |
|
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|
100.0 |
% |
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Proceeds Available after Secured Claims |
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$ |
1,084.3 |
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Less Administrative and Priority Claims: |
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|
Chapter 11 Post-Petition Account Payable
and Accruals |
|
N |
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$ |
731.7 |
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|
Unpaid Chapter 11 Professional Fees |
|
N |
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|
6.1 |
|
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Priority Claims |
|
N |
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|
92.0 |
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503(b)(9) Claims |
|
N |
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|
30.0 |
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|
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|
Total Administrative and Priority Claims |
|
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|
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$ |
859.7 |
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|
Hypothetical recovery to Administrative and Priority Claims |
|
|
|
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|
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|
100.0 |
% |
|
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|
Proceeds Available after Administrative and Priority Claims: |
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|
$ |
224.6 |
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Less Total Unsecured Claims: |
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|
|
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|
|
|
Unsecured Bonds |
|
O |
|
$ |
1,621.0 |
|
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|
|
General Unsecured Claims |
|
O |
|
|
1,614.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Synthetic Lease Deficiency Claim |
|
O |
|
|
15.0 |
|
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|
|
Other Claims Estimated |
|
O |
|
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|
|
|
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|
Total Unsecured Claims |
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|
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|
$ |
3,250.0 |
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|
Hypothetical recovery to Unsecured Claims |
|
|
|
|
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6.9 |
% |
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
Net Estimated Deficiency to Unsecured Claims |
|
|
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$ |
(3,025.4 |
) |
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|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Liquidation Analysis
8/30/2007
D-5
FOOTNOTES TO LIQUIDATION ANALYSIS
Note A Organization and Ownership
Dana Corporation is the direct or indirect parent entity for all the Debtors and non-Debtor
Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Its primary assets are the direct and indirect ownership interests in
its Subsidiaries and Affiliates including ownership of significant non-Debtor Subsidiaries,
intercompany receivables from other Debtor entities and certain operating assets.
Note B Book Values at June 30, 2007
Unless stated otherwise, the book values used in this Liquidation Analysis are the unaudited
net book values of the Debtors as of June 30, 2007 and are assumed to be a proxy for the assets of
these entities as of December 31, 2007. The balances exclude the assets of the Sealing, Thermal
and Off Highway businesses. These assets are valued on a going concern basis and are discussed in
Note J Value of Going Concern Entities (Net).
Note C Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Liquidation Analysis assumes that operations during the liquidation period would not
generate additional cash available for distribution except for net proceeds from the disposition of
non-cash assets. Approximately $109.5 million of cash on Danas balance sheet is pledged to
support foreign obligations that would likely be set off in liquidation under chapter 7. It is
assumed that the unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of approximately $766.7 million held in
Danas accounts are fully collectible.
Note D Accounts Receivable
The analysis of accounts receivable assumes that a chapter 7 trustee would retain certain
existing staff of the Debtors to handle an aggressive collection effort for outstanding trade
accounts receivable for the entities undergoing an orderly liquidation. Collectible accounts
receivable are assumed to include all third party trade accounts receivable. The liquidation value
of trade accounts receivable was estimated based upon a review and assessment of the probability of
collection of specific types of trade receivables such as third party receivables, steel
procurement program credits, related party receivables and intercompany receivables owed from one
Debtor to another Debtor, among others. A range of discount factors were then applied to
receivables to estimate. The result is an estimate of the proceeds that would be realized in an
orderly liquidation scenario and takes into account the inevitable difficulty a liquidating company
has in collecting its receivables and any concessions which might be required to facilitate the
collection of certain accounts. Collections during a liquidation of the Debtors may be
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Analysis Notes 29 Aug 07.doc Page 8
further compromised by the likely claims for damages for breaches of or the likely rejection of
customer contracts as customers may attempt to set off outstanding amounts owed to the Debtors
against such claims. The liquidation value of trade accounts receivable is estimated to be
approximately 62.5% of the net book value as of June 30, 2007.
Other accounts receivable is comprised of current notes receivable, tax refunds, deferred
receivables, tools chargeable to customers, asbestos insurance receivables and other current
receivables. The liquidation value of other accounts receivable is estimated to be approximately
39.7% of the net book value as of June 30, 2007.
Note E Inventories
Inventories are comprised of certain raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods, as
well as factory supplies and spare parts. Due to the limited ready supply of alternative product
and the short lead times for certain of the Debtors products, the Liquidation Analysis
contemplates the OEM customers of those business units would presumably be willing to compensate
the Debtors for the cost of a supply of such products in sufficient quantity to enable the OEM
customers to adjust their supply chains to alternative sources. Accordingly, the Liquidation
Analysis assumes no new purchases of raw materials are made after December 31, 2007, except for
amounts sufficient to supply customers of the Structures business with product through June 30,
2008 and to supply customers of the Torque, Traction and Commercial Vehicle businesses with product
through March 31, 2008. Any raw material and WIP inventory remaining at the end of the production
process would be sold to a liquidator.
Note FOther Current Assets
Other current assets include prepaid taxes, prepaid insurance, income taxes receivable,
ongoing service contracts, and other prepaid expenses. Other current assets are estimated to have
no value.
Note GInvestments in Equity Affiliates
Investments in Equity Affiliates includes the equity earnings in unconsolidated subsidiaries.
Recoveries were estimated by Miller Buckfire and reflect the impact on value of an expedited sale
process.
Note HInvestments and Other Non-Current Assets
Investments and other non-current assets are comprised primarily of investments in
consolidated Subsidiaries, other non-current receivables, the Affinia Note, certain other tangible
assets and intangible assets and intercompany receivables.
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Analysis Notes 29 Aug 07.doc Page 9
Other tangible assets include capitalized financing costs associated with the DIP Credit
Facility and other amortizing financing instruments, the cash surrender value of a life insurance
policy and stock investments. Intangible assets of the Debtors arose in connection with its
numerous acquisitions and consist predominantly of goodwill, acquired workforce and trade names.
Of these other non-current assets of the Debtors, value has been estimated for the cash
surrender value of life insurance and for certain of its stock investments. Intercompany
receivables generally represent certain costs and overhead charges allocated by Dana to its
Subsidiaries and are estimated to have no value.
Note I Property, Plant & Equipment, Net
Property, Plant & Equipment includes all land, buildings, machinery and equipment owned by the
Debtors.
In connection with obtaining the DIP Credit Facility in March, 2006, Dana obtained fair market
value appraisals for 16 of the Debtors owned facilities. The Liquidation Analysis presumes these
appraisals are representative of current values. For certain properties where no appraisal was
completed, a fair market value was estimated by multiplying the net book value of the facility by
the ratio of the aggregate fair market value to aggregate net book value for the facilities
appraised in conjunction with Danas DIP Credit Facility.
Dana also obtained orderly liquidation value appraisals for machinery and equipment located in
23 of the Debtors manufacturing locations. The liquidation value for the Debtors machinery and
equipment at other facilities was derived by comparing the orderly liquidation value for the
equipment appraised in connection with Danas DIP Credit Facility to its net book value.
Total liquidation value for Property, Plant & Equipment in the aggregate is an estimated 23.0%
of its net book value, which reflects an adjustment for the difficulty in executing the sale of a
large portfolio of commercial properties and equipment on an expedited basis given current economic
conditions without negatively impacting the ultimate price realized for such properties. An
estimated cost of 10% was included as a reduction to net proceeds to reflect the cost of marketing
and liquidating the fixed assets.
The Liquidation Analysis does not include any value associated with any leased property,
including the Synthetic Lease Property. All leased property, including the Synthetic Lease
Property, is assumed returned to the respective lessor in satisfaction of any secured claim.
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Analysis Notes 29 Aug 07.doc Page 10
Note J Value of Going Concern Entities (Net)
In order to maximize total liquidation value, the Liquidation Analysis assumes the orderly
liquidation on a going concern basis of Danas Sealing, Thermal and Off Highway businesses. The
net proceeds estimate assumes that post-petition and non-US liabilities of the businesses would be
assumed by the respective purchasers. The net proceeds from the sale of these entities would be
available for distribution to the Debtors creditors.
The estimated sale prices of these businesses was estimated by applying market multiples to
projected EBITDA and Operating Cash Flow for 2007 and 2008 to arrive at an estimated Enterprise
Value. Since these businesses are assumed to be sold to third parties, savings from projected
restructuring initiatives associated with customer pricing and labor were excluded from EBITDA for
purposes of this analysis. A 25% discount was applied to the estimated Enterprise Value to reflect
the effect of a sale process under chapter 7, the likelihood of a damaged goods or fire sale
perception by bidders and the loss of value attributable to being part of a global Tier 1
automotive supplier.
Proceeds from the sale ultimately available to satisfy Allowed Claims has been reduced by 3%
for estimated transaction costs and for the repayment of $5 million of foreign debt associated with
those businesses. The remaining proceeds would be available for distribution to the Debtors
creditors. The estimated net proceeds available for distribution to the Debtors, including
proceeds from the sale of the Pumps businesses of $10.0 million, are $914 million collectively.
For purposes of maximizing the liquidation value, it is assumed that the going concern sale
transactions would be structured as a sale of the stock of the operations by the respective Debtor
holders of the stock, and that any proceeds would be sheltered from any tax liabilities by the net
operating losses of the Debtors. Alternative structures for the transaction, including a direct
sale of assets would likely generate certain un-estimated tax liabilities that would reduce the net
proceeds available to be distributed back to the Debtors.
Note K Costs Associated with Liquidation
Corporate payroll and certain operating costs during the liquidation are based upon the
assumption that certain plant and corporate functions would be retained to oversee the liquidation
process. The remaining staff would also be needed to maintain and close the accounting records and
to complete certain administrative tasks including payroll and tax forms and records. Certain
minimum staff would be required at the physical locations to complete the closure of the
facilities, to disassemble the equipment and to oversee the sale process for equipment and real
estate. For purposes of estimating the maximum liquidation value for the Debtors, no additional
payments for employee retention through the chapter 7 liquidation period are assumed to be made.
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Payments to non-Debtor creditors include payments to foreign creditors of the liquidating
businesses (excluding liabilities of Sealing, Thermal and Off Highway which are presumed
transferred to the purchaser in the going concern transaction) and are estimated at $893.3 million.
Chapter 7 trustee fees include those fees associated with the appointment of a chapter 7
trustee in accordance with section 326 of the Bankruptcy Code. Trustee fees are estimated based on
historical experience in other similar cases and are calculated at 3% of the total net liquidation
value of the Debtor assets.
Chapter 7 professional fees include legal, appraisal, broker and accounting fees expected to
be incurred during the nine-month liquidation period and not already deducted from liquidation
values. Monthly professional fees for legal, accounting and other professionals to assist the
estates and the chapter 7 trustee with the process are assumed to be $5.0 million per month for a
period of nine months.
The costs of administering the chapter 7 liquidation are estimated as follows:
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Payroll/Overhead Costs |
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$ |
98.5 |
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million
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Non-Debtor Creditors |
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$ |
893.3 |
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million |
Liquidation Costs of PP&E |
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$ |
31.4 |
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million |
Trustee Fees |
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$ |
100.2 |
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million |
Professional Fees |
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$ |
45.0 |
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million |
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Total |
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$ |
1,168.5 |
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million |
Note L Super-priority Administrative Claims
The estimated obligation under the DIP Credit Facility is estimated to be $900.0 million at
December 31, 2007. In addition, it is estimated that approximately $138.1 million of letters of
credit issued for benefit of the Debtors would be drawn upon conversion to a chapter 7. The
Carve-Out at December 31, 2007 is estimated to be $20.0 million. Obligations under the DIP Credit
Facility and the Carve-Out for accrued and unpaid professional fees from the Chapter 11 Estates are
assumed to be paid after the liquidation costs of the chapter 7 estates, with the Carve-Out assumed
paid in its entirety first and the DIP Facility Claim paid subsequently.
The Liquidation Analysis contemplates the orderly liquidation of certain of the non-Debtor
operations, which are not a part of the chapter 7 estates, and, therefore, the distribution of
proceeds from their liquidation would not be subject to the priority order established in the
Bankruptcy Code. The Liquidation Analysis assumes that the current creditors of the non-Debtor
assets liquidated would be repaid first.
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Analysis Notes 29 Aug 07.doc Page 12
Note M Secured Claims
For purposes of the Liquidation Analysis, management has assumed that Secured Claims will
consist primarily of the estimated Synthetic Lease Secured Claim, and estimated Other Secured
Claims. The Synthetic Lease Secured Claim is assumed to be equal to the value in the underlying
Synthetic Leased Property and is assumed satisfied by the return of the Synthetic Lease Property to
the Synthetic Lessor. Any deficiency claim remaining after disposal of the Synthetic Leased
Properties is assumed to be a General Unsecured Claim.
Note N Administrative and Priority Claims
Administrative and priority claims include unpaid post-petition operating expenses of the
chapter 11 Estates as estimated by the post-petition accounts payable and accrued expenses
reflected in the books and records of the Debtors at June 30, 2007, estimated chapter 7
administrative claims, unpaid professional fees from the chapter 11 estates and estimated Priority
Claims. Administrative claims are assumed paid on a pro rata basis from the net proceeds, if any,
remaining after the payment of liquidation costs, DIP Facility Claims (including the Carve-Out),
and Secured Claims. Other Priority Claims are assumed to be paid on a pro rata basis from the net
proceeds available, if any, after the payment of liquidation costs, DIP Facility Claims (including
the Carve-Out), Secured Claims and Administrative Claims. These Claims are assumed to have their
priority as set out in the Bankruptcy Code. Administrative and Priority Claims are estimated to be
$859.7 million.
Note O Unsecured Claims
For purposes of the Liquidation Analysis, management has assumed that unsecured claims will
consist of estimated unsecured claims as defined in the Plan. It should be noted that the
Liquidation Analysis does not attempt to estimate potential additional unsecured claims that would
likely arise as a result of the termination of the Debtors pension and benefit plans (including
re-valuing the current claims filed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in these Chapter 11
Cases), the rejection of remaining executory contracts and leases (including collective bargaining
agreements of the Debtors), the failure of the Debtors to perform under existing contracts with its
customers, the need for estimation of the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims against the Debtors, and
the acceleration of Claims related to environmental liabilities. Such additional claims would
likely result from a cessation of operations as contemplated herein and would likely be substantial
in amount. Unsecured claims are assumed to be paid on a pro rata basis from the net liquidation
proceeds available, if any, after the payment of all other Claims. Unsecured Claims are estimated
to be $3.25 billion solely for purposes of this Liquidation Analysis.
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EXHIBIT F
DANA CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION1
In connection with the solicitation of certain votes on the Plan, and for purposes of demonstrating
the feasibility of the Plan, the following financial projections (the Projections) were prepared
by the Debtors. The Projections reflect the Debtors judgment as to the occurrence or
nonoccurrence of certain future events and of expected future operating performance and business
conditions, which are subject to change.
The Debtors do not, as a matter of course, publish their business plans and strategies or
forward-looking projections of financial position, results from operations, and cash flows.
Accordingly, the Debtors do not anticipate that they will, and disclaim any obligation to, furnish
updated business plans or projections to the holders of Claims or Interests after the date of these
Projections, or to include such information in documents required to be filed with the SEC or to
otherwise make such information public.
In connection with the development of the Plan, the Debtors prepared the Projections, with
assistance from various professionals. The Projections assume that the Plan will be implemented in
accordance with its stated terms. The Projections have not been audited or reviewed by independent
accountants. The assumptions disclosed herein are those that the Debtors believe to be significant
to the Projections. Although the Debtors are of the opinion that these assumptions are reasonable
under current circumstances, such assumptions are subject to inherent uncertainties, such as the
change in light and heavy vehicle production build rates, laws and regulations, foreign currency
exchange rates, interest rates, inflation, commodity and material prices, general economic
conditions and other factors affecting the Debtors businesses. The impact of a change in any of
these factors cannot be predicted with certainty. Consequently, actual financial results could
differ significantly from projected results.
The Projections were prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be reasonable and
applied in a manner consistent with past practices. The Projections should be read in conjunction
with the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Projected Consolidated Financial Statements and
qualifications contained herein, the risk factors described in Section XIV of the Disclosure
Statement and the historical consolidated financial information (including the notes and schedules
thereto) and other information set forth in Danas Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006 and in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2007,
each as previously filed with the SEC and included in Exhibit C of the Disclosure Statement.
The Projections reflect the Debtors estimate of Danas expected consolidated financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of the Debtors in 2007 and for New Dana Holdco beginning in
2008. The Projections reflect Danas consolidated unaudited actual results of operations for the
first six months of 2007 and the estimated consolidated results of operations and cash flows of
Dana for the period July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 and its financial position as of
December 31, 2007. The Projections assume an Effective Date for the Plan of January 1, 2008. The
Projections assume, consistent with the Plan provisions, which, as of the effective date of
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Capitalized terms, unless elsewhere
herein defined, have the meanings given to them in the Dana Corporation
Disclosure Statement with Respect to Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors
and Debtors in Possession. |
1
January 1, 2008, New Dana Holdco will be formed to implement the Plan. The Projections assume that
the estimated projected financial performance of New Dana Holdco is appropriately presented using
the projected consolidated balance sheet of Dana as of January 1, 2008. The actual assets and
liabilities and respective values that will comprise New Dana Holdco will be determined in
connection with the Restructuring Transactions.
The Projections have been prepared on a basis consistent with the internal reporting currently
utilized by Dana in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements, including the
accounting for DCC and previously announced divestitures (Discontinued Operations) on an equity
basis. The Projections do not consider the potential effects of the application of fresh start
accounting as required by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (the AICPA)
Statement of Position 90-7, Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy
Code (SOP 90-7), that may apply on the Effective Date. Certain emergence transactions that
may ultimately be charged to income under fresh start accounting have been directly charged to
Stockholders Equity/(Deficit). These transactions include the settlement of the Debtors OPEB
liabilities and the potential recognition of Cancellation of Indebtedness Income.
The Projections herein include:
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A pre-emergence projected consolidated statement of operations of Dana for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2007 that reflects six months of unaudited actual results as of
June 30, 2007 and the effects of projected pre-confirmation activities for the second half
of the year; |
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A pre-emergence projected consolidated statement of cash flows of
Dana for the six months ending December 31, 2007; |
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2. |
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A pre-emergence projected consolidated balance sheet of Dana as of December 31, 2007,
which is based on the pre-emergence historical unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of
June 30, 2007 adjusted to reflect estimated results of operations and cash flows for the
second half of the year; |
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Post-Effective Date pro forma projected consolidated statements of operations of New
Dana Holdco for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
reflecting the estimated effect of the Plan on the interest costs of New Dana Holdco after
emerging from chapter 11; |
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4. |
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Post-Effective Date pro forma projected consolidated balance sheets of New Dana
Holdco as of December 31, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 reflecting the estimated effect
of the Plan on the capitalization of New Dana Holdco after emerging from chapter 11; and |
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5. |
|
Post-Effective Date pro forma projected consolidated statements of cash flows of New
Dana Holdco for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
herein reflecting the cash flow effects of the aforementioned items. |
2
THE PROJECTIONS WERE NOT PREPARED WITH A VIEW TOWARD COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY
THE AICPA, THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (THE FASB) OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
THE SEC. FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN AUDITED, REVIEWED OR SUBJECTED TO ANY
PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ANY LEVEL OF ASSURANCE BY DANAS INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP. WHILE PRESENTED WITH NUMERICAL SPECIFICITY, THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED
UPON A VARIETY OF ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS, WHICH, ALTHOUGH CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY MANAGEMENT,
MAY NOT BE REALIZED AND ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE UNCERTANTIES
AND CONTINGENCIES, MANY OF WHICH ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF DANAS MANAGEMENT. THESE UNCERTAINTIES
INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF A CONFIRMED PLAN AND THE TIMING OF THE
CONFIRMATION OF SUCH PLAN. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROJECTIONS SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS A REPRESENTATION
OR WARRANTY BY DANA, OR ANY OTHER PERSON, AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE PROJECTIONS OR THAT THE
PROJECTIONS WILL BE REALIZED. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY VARY MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PRESENTED IN THESE
PROJECTIONS. PARTIES-IN-INTEREST MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE REASONABLENESS OF
SUCH ASSUMPTIONS AND THE RELIABILITY OF THE PROJECTIONS.
3
Dana Corporation
Consolidated Financial Statement Projections
US$ Millions
Unaudited Not in Accordance with GAAP
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For the period ended December 31: |
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2007 |
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2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2010 |
|
2011 |
|
2012 |
INCOME STATEMENT |
|
Notes |
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|
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|
SALES |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
8,343 |
|
|
$ |
8,653 |
|
|
$ |
9,094 |
|
|
$ |
8,677 |
|
|
$ |
8,880 |
|
|
$ |
9,066 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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COST OF SALES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,883 |
|
|
|
7,919 |
|
|
|
8,248 |
|
|
|
7,879 |
|
|
|
8,060 |
|
|
|
8,237 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Profit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
460 |
|
|
|
734 |
|
|
|
846 |
|
|
|
798 |
|
|
|
820 |
|
|
|
829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SG&A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
353 |
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|
|
346 |
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|
364 |
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|
347 |
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|
355 |
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|
|
363 |
|
Restructuring Charges |
|
|
m |
|
|
|
218 |
|
|
|
72 |
|
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|
22 |
|
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|
64 |
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|
3 |
|
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|
1 |
|
Other Expense/(Income) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(39 |
) |
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(19 |
) |
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(20 |
) |
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(18 |
) |
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(18 |
) |
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(18 |
) |
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OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) |
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(73 |
) |
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|
335 |
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|
480 |
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|
405 |
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480 |
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482 |
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Interest Expense |
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j, n |
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83 |
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129 |
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|
130 |
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130 |
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130 |
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|
130 |
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Interest Income |
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(40 |
) |
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(49 |
) |
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(50 |
) |
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(54 |
) |
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(63 |
) |
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(72 |
) |
Tax Expense/(Income) |
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g, o |
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63 |
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111 |
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127 |
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129 |
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138 |
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148 |
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Equity Loss/(Gain) |
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(24 |
) |
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(11 |
) |
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(16 |
) |
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(13 |
) |
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(16 |
) |
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(17 |
) |
Minority Interest Expense/(Income) |
|
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11 |
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5 |
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5 |
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5 |
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5 |
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5 |
|
Unusual Items Expense/(Income) |
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(15 |
) |
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0 |
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(0 |
) |
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(0 |
) |
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(0 |
) |
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(0 |
) |
Reorganization Items, Net |
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p |
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116 |
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|
68 |
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Discontinued Ops Loss/(Gain)* |
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84 |
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NET INCOME (LOSS) |
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$ |
(350 |
) |
|
$ |
81 |
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$ |
283 |
|
|
$ |
207 |
|
|
$ |
285 |
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$ |
286 |
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EBITDAR |
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|
430 |
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|
701 |
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|
818 |
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|
796 |
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|
816 |
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|
828 |
|
EBITR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
145 |
|
|
|
407 |
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|
|
502 |
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|
|
469 |
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|
483 |
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|
484 |
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4
Dana Corporation
Consolidated Financial Statement Projections
US$ Millions
Unaudited Not in Accordance with GAAP
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As of December 31: |
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2007 |
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2008 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2011 |
|
2012 |
BALANCE SHEET |
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Notes |
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ASSETS |
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Current Assets |
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Cash & Cash Equivalents |
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|
a |
|
|
$ |
923 |
|
|
$ |
1,066 |
|
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$ |
1,202 |
|
|
$ |
1,402 |
|
|
$ |
1,591 |
|
|
$ |
1,798 |
|
Cash Deposits |
|
|
b |
|
|
|
110 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts Receivable-Trade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,139 |
|
|
|
1,257 |
|
|
|
1,336 |
|
|
|
1,276 |
|
|
|
1,319 |
|
|
|
1,347 |
|
Accounts Receivable-Other |
|
|
c |
|
|
|
307 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
Inventory |
|
|
|
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
761 |
|
|
|
809 |
|
|
|
782 |
|
|
|
817 |
|
|
|
836 |
|
Other Current Assets |
|
|
d, g |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,304 |
|
|
|
3,541 |
|
|
|
3,766 |
|
|
|
3,879 |
|
|
|
4,145 |
|
|
|
4,399 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, Plant & Equipment, gross |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,604 |
|
|
|
4,941 |
|
|
|
5,284 |
|
|
|
5,627 |
|
|
|
5,935 |
|
|
|
6,255 |
|
Accumulated Depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,809 |
) |
|
|
(3,103 |
) |
|
|
(3,418 |
) |
|
|
(3,746 |
) |
|
|
(4,079 |
) |
|
|
(4,423 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, Plant & Equipment, net |
|
|
d |
|
|
|
1,794 |
|
|
|
1,838 |
|
|
|
1,866 |
|
|
|
1,881 |
|
|
|
1,856 |
|
|
|
1,833 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in Affiliates |
|
|
e |
|
|
|
432 |
|
|
|
179 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
208 |
|
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
241 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
d |
|
|
|
423 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
Other Noncurrent Assets |
|
|
f, g |
|
|
|
583 |
|
|
|
596 |
|
|
|
577 |
|
|
|
561 |
|
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Noncurrent Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,437 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
|
|
1,194 |
|
|
|
1,191 |
|
|
|
1,194 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
6,536 |
|
|
$ |
6,576 |
|
|
$ |
6,826 |
|
|
$ |
6,951 |
|
|
$ |
7,194 |
|
|
$ |
7,429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes Payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Accounts Payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
847 |
|
|
|
929 |
|
|
|
983 |
|
|
|
954 |
|
|
|
985 |
|
|
|
1,008 |
|
Accrued Payroll |
|
|
|
|
|
|
223 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
261 |
|
|
|
268 |
|
|
|
273 |
|
Accrued Income Taxes |
|
|
g |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
Other Accrued Liabilities |
|
|
h |
|
|
|
445 |
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
511 |
|
|
|
543 |
|
|
|
539 |
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,686 |
|
|
|
1,894 |
|
|
|
1,936 |
|
|
|
1,928 |
|
|
|
1,961 |
|
|
|
1,985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred Benefits & Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
376 |
|
|
|
327 |
|
|
|
277 |
|
|
|
226 |
|
Revolver |
|
|
i |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
DIP Term Loan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Long Term Debt |
|
|
j |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
Minority Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
113 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,287 |
|
|
|
3,900 |
|
|
|
3,896 |
|
|
|
3,845 |
|
|
|
3,833 |
|
|
|
3,812 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities Subject to Compromise |
|
|
k |
|
|
|
3,978 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Stockholders Equity / (Deficit) |
|
|
k, l |
|
|
|
(730 |
) |
|
|
2,676 |
|
|
|
2,929 |
|
|
|
3,106 |
|
|
|
3,361 |
|
|
|
3,618 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities & Stockholders Equity / (Deficit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,536 |
|
|
|
6,576 |
|
|
|
6,826 |
|
|
|
6,951 |
|
|
|
7,194 |
|
|
|
7,429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
Dana Corporation
Consolidated Financial Statement Projections
US$ Millions
Unaudited Not in Accordance with GAAP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Months |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the period ended December 31: |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2010 |
|
2011 |
|
2012 |
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS |
|
Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income/(Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(125 |
) |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
283 |
|
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Cash Items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
315 |
|
|
|
327 |
|
|
|
333 |
|
|
|
344 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Working Capital: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts Receivable Trade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
(118 |
) |
|
|
(79 |
) |
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
(28 |
) |
Accounts Receivable Other |
|
|
c |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventory |
|
|
|
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
|
(48 |
) |
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
) |
Other Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts Payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(298 |
) |
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Accrued Payroll |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Other Accrued Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Other Assets & Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0 |
) |
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
(48 |
) |
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash from Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
622 |
|
|
|
471 |
|
|
|
573 |
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
|
558 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of Property, Plant and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(219 |
) |
|
|
(341 |
) |
|
|
(357 |
) |
|
|
(351 |
) |
|
|
(312 |
) |
|
|
(321 |
) |
Proceeds from Divestitures and Asset Sales |
|
|
q |
|
|
|
78 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flows from Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
(338 |
) |
|
|
(343 |
) |
|
|
(343 |
) |
|
|
(308 |
) |
|
|
(321 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note Payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DIP Revolver |
|
|
i |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DIP Term Loan |
|
|
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(900 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long Term Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,339 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends Paid |
|
|
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities Subject to Compromise |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,978 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
(214 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning Non-Restricted Cash Balance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
891 |
|
|
|
923 |
|
|
|
1,066 |
|
|
|
1,202 |
|
|
|
1,402 |
|
|
|
1,591 |
|
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
98 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
207 |
|
Change in Cash Deposits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending Non-Restricted Cash Balance |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
923 |
|
|
$ |
1,066 |
|
|
$ |
1,202 |
|
|
$ |
1,402 |
|
|
$ |
1,591 |
|
|
$ |
1,798 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Projected Consolidated
Financial Statements
(in millions)
a. |
|
The estimated cash effects of emergence are assumed to take place on January 1, 2008 and
are summarized as follows: |
|
|
|
New Equity Investment of $750 as provided for in the Investment Agreement; |
|
|
|
|
Total funded Exit Facility financing of $1,339; |
|
|
|
|
Repayment of the $900 DIP Credit Agreement; |
|
|
|
|
UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution
totaling approximately $714 ($764 reduced for estimated payments of $50 made during
the second half of 2007); |
|
|
|
|
Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA Contribution of $53; |
|
|
|
|
Payment of Administrative and Priority Claims in the amount of $122; |
|
|
|
|
Payment of professional fees held back during the Chapter 11 bankruptcy, estimated
success fees, and transaction fees, totaling approximately $125; |
|
|
|
|
Payment for asbestos claims of approximately $9; |
|
|
|
|
Settlement of Convenience Class of claims of approximately $10 |
|
|
|
|
Estimated cash payment of $115 to settle all outstanding obligations of DCC |
|
|
|
|
Other payments for miscellaneous claims of $8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sources of Cash: |
|
|
|
|
Unrestricted Projected Cash as of December 31, 2007 |
|
$ |
923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Equity Investment |
|
|
750 |
|
Exit Facility |
|
|
1,339 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Sources of Cash |
|
|
3,012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uses of Cash: |
|
|
|
|
UAW and USW VEBA Contributions |
|
|
(714 |
) |
Non-Union Retiree VEBA Contribution |
|
|
(53 |
) |
Administrative and Priority Claims |
|
|
(122 |
) |
DIP Credit Agreement |
|
|
(900 |
) |
Professional and Transaction Fees |
|
|
(125 |
) |
Convenience Class Payment |
|
|
(10 |
) |
Asbestos Payments |
|
|
(9 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(8 |
) |
DCC Funding |
|
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Total Uses of Cash at Emergence |
|
|
(2,056 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash at Emergence |
|
$ |
956 |
|
|
|
|
|
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b. |
|
Cash deposits are amounts restricted in support of Letters of Credit, insurance programs and
other obligations. |
|
c. |
|
Accounts Receivable Other includes amounts for customer tooling receivables, deferred
receivables, tax receivables and asbestos related insurance receivables. |
|
d. |
|
Property, Plant Equipment, Other Current Assets, and Goodwill have been valued at their
historical net book value. Depreciation and amortization in years 2008-2012 have been
calculated based on those book values using methods consistent with past company practices.
The Company intends to obtain independent appraisals for determining the fair value of these
assets as part of its efforts to assign fair values in fresh start accounting as of the
Effective Date. The nature, value and length of depreciable or amortizable lives resulting
from the appraisals could differ materially from the historical net book values. |
|
e. |
|
Investment in Affiliate represents Danas equity interest in the historical net book value
and projected earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries, including the net asset value of DCC at
the amount expected to be realized upon the sale of the remaining underlying portfolio of
assets. It has been assumed that the net realizable value of DCC at emergence of $264 is
further reduced giving effect to the elimination of the DCC claims and the payment in full of
the outstanding DCC Bonds under the Plan. |
|
f. |
|
Other Noncurrent Assets includes intangible assets, pension assets, debt issuance expenses,
long-term insurance receivables (including amounts for asbestos), trademarks, patents and
other miscellaneous long-term assets. |
|
g. |
|
The Projections make no assumptions regarding the timing differences in the recognition of
book and statutory tax income/expense. Accordingly, the projected balances assume that the
fair value of deferred income tax assets and liabilities is equal to their historical net book
values. The historical book value of Danas United States deferred income tax assets assumes
a full valuation allowance on those assets. The amount of deferred income tax assets and
liabilities available upon emergence and thereafter could differ materially from the assumed
amounts. |
|
h. |
|
Other Accrued Liabilities includes amounts for warranty reserves, restructuring expenses,
legal and professional fees, pension liabilities and miscellaneous accruals. |
|
i. |
|
The Revolver represents estimated borrowings under the European Revolving Line of Credit
which closed during the third quarter of 2007. |
|
j. |
|
Other Long Term Debt represents (i) various worldwide borrowings of approximately $13 in the
aggregate and (ii) estimated proceeds from the Exit Facility as contemplated in the Plan. The
Exit Facility is assumed to comprise a revolving credit facility and term loan. For purposes
of these Projections the amount of funded debt provided by the Exit Facility is assumed to be
a $1,339 term loan which would be equal to the maximum level provided for in the Plan Support
Agreement. An interest rate of 7.9% (assumed LIBOR + 250 bps) has been assumed and applied to
the loans. The actual amount of proceeds could differ materially from this estimate, as could
the actual interest rate. |
|
k. |
|
No assumptions have been made as to the settlement of General Unsecured Claims or the
accounting treatment, including Cancellation of Debt Income, which may result from the
settlement of these amounts. The Projections assume the payment of Secured, Priority, |
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|
|
Convenience Class and Administrative Claims at emergence (please see Note A for further
detail). The Projections account for the elimination of these obligations at emergence as
a credit to Stockholders Equity/(Deficit). The estimation standards and the accounting
recognition of claims may differ from the amounts of claims allowed for Plan purposes.
Actual allowed unsecured claims may be materially different. |
|
l. |
|
Stockholders Equity/(Deficit) includes the set off of Liabilities Subject To Compromise
described above but does not make any assumptions as to the issuance of common or preferred shares or any other security of New Dana Holdco. The actual amount of New Dana Holdco
Stockholders Equity/(Deficit) will be subject to future adjustment depending on Bankruptcy
Court action, the determination of Reorganization value under fresh start accounting,
settlement of Liabilities Subject to Compromise, further developments with respect to Disputed
Claims and/or other events. |
|
m. |
|
Restructuring Charges include amounts associated with ongoing operational restructurings,
non-core asset sales, costs associated with current SG&A cost reduction initiatives and
expected future manufacturing footprint optimization activities. |
|
n. |
|
Interest Expense is calculated at an assumed rate of 7.9% (assumed LIBOR + 250 bps) on the
DIP Credit Agreement, Exit Facility and miscellaneous foreign debt. |
|
o. |
|
Tax Expense is estimated on a regional basis, except for North America where it is projected
at the country level (US, Canada, and Mexico). Regional tax expenses are based on an
estimated weighted average of the effective tax rates for the countries within each region.
Canadian taxes are based on statutory rates and applied only when there is positive pre-tax
income. Regional and Canadian taxes do not contemplate the use of carry-forward NOLs, tax
credits, or other tax attributes that could serve to reduce cash taxes paid. For fiscal year
2007, Mexican taxes are calculated as pre-tax income multiplied by a statutory tax rate of
29%. For 2008 forward, taxes for Mexico have been calculated assuming operations would be
primarily held in a Maquiladora structure. Therefore, Mexican taxes are assumed to be 2% of
projected sales multiplied by the statutory rate of 29%. It has been assumed that the United
States will not pay cash taxes for fiscal year 2007. For 2008 forward, United States tax
expense is a combination of income tax on projected United States taxable income and estimated
taxes withheld as a result of the repatriation of cash from foreign Affiliates. United States
income taxes were calculated by applying a 35% statutory rate to estimated taxable income
after consideration of projected carry-forward NOLs on an L-6 basis. Foreign tax credits have
been credited or deducted as appropriate for each fiscal year. |
|
p. |
|
Reorganization Items, Net includes amounts for legal and other professional fees expected to
be incurred during the bankruptcy process. Professional fees assumed after the emergence date
are estimates for claims administration expenses. Exit Facility fees and fees contemplated
under the New Investment Agreement are also included. |
|
q. |
|
The Projections assume the sales of the remaining Discontinued Operations in the third
quarter of 2007. Proceeds are assumed to be $69. |
|
r. |
|
Cash used by DIP Term Loan represents repayment of the DIP Credit Agreement. The amount of
the DIP Credit Agreement outstanding on the Effective Date could differ materially from this
estimate. |
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s. |
|
Cash used for Dividends Paid represents dividends payable on $750 of New Preferred Stock
under the New Investment Agreement. |
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