DANA CORPORATION 8-K
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): October 31, 2007
Dana Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Virginia
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34-4361040 |
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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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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 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).
As previously disclosed, the Debtors filed a Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of
Debtors and Debtors in Possession (the Plan) and related Third Amended Disclosure Statement with
Respect to Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in Possession (the Disclosure
Statement) with the Bankruptcy Court on October 23, 2007. On the same day, the Bankruptcy Court
approved the Disclosure Statement and authorized Dana to begin soliciting votes from its creditors
on its Plan. Copies of the Plan and the Disclosure Statement are attached to this report as
Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1, respectively. Dana agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any schedule
omitted from Exhibit 2.1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
On October 31, 2007, Dana began mailing notices of the proposed confirmation hearing, as well as began the process of soliciting approvals for the Plan. Danas
confirmation hearing for the Bankruptcy Court to consider approval of the Plan is scheduled to
commence on December 10, 2007.
This current report is not intended to be a solicitation of votes for any reorganization of
the Debtors.
Certain statements in this current report on Form 8-K and statements and projections contained
in the Plan and/or Disclosure Statement (and 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 companys operations and
business environment and a number of other risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, but not
limited to, the companys ability to continue as a going concern, operate pursuant to the terms of
its debtor-in-possession credit facility, and obtain court approval with respect to motions in the
Bankruptcy Cases from time to time; the effects of the Bankruptcy Cases and the conduct, outcome,
and costs of the Bankruptcy Cases; the companys ability to fund and execute its business plan; the
companys ability to maintain satisfactory terms with its customers, vendors and service providers;
the companys ability to attract, motivate and/or retain key employees; the companys ability to
successfully complete the implementation of its reorganization initiatives; high fuel prices and
interest rates; the cyclical nature of the heavy-duty commercial vehicle market; shifting consumer
preferences; market share declines, production cutbacks, and potential vertical integration by the
companys larger customers; the ability of customers to renegotiate collective bargaining
agreements with their unionized employees and avert potential production interruptions; high costs
of commodities used in the companys manufacturing processes; competitive pressures on the
companys sales from other vehicle component suppliers; adverse effects that could result from any
divestitures, consolidations or bankruptcies of the companys customers, vendors and competitors;
changes in business relationships with the companys major customers and/or in the timing, size and
duration of their programs for vehicles with Dana content; price reduction pressures from the
companys customers; the companys vendors ability to maintain projected production levels and
furnish the company with critical components for its products and other necessary goods and
services; adverse effects that could result if U.S. federal legislation
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relating to asbestos personal injury claims were enacted; adverse effects that could result
from increased costs of environmental remediation and compliance; and the other uncertainties and
assumptions discussed in Section XIV of the Disclosure Statement, Certain Risk Factors to be
Considered. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions are difficult to predict and are, in many
cases, beyond the companys control. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the events and
circumstances described in the forward-looking statements and the projections in the Plan and/or
Disclosure Statement may not occur and the companys 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 the projections
contained in the Plan and/or Disclosure Statement, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report.
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Exhibit No.
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Description |
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2.1
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Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors and
Debtors in Possession, dated October 23, 2007 |
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99.1
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Third Amended Disclosure Statement with Respect to Joint Plan
of Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in Possession, dated
October 23, 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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(Registrant) |
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Date: November 2, 2007
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By:
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/s/ Marc S. Levin |
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Marc S. Levin |
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Acting General Counsel and Acting Secretary |
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Exhibit No.
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Description |
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2.1
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Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Debtors and
Debtors in Possession, dated October 23, 2007 |
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99.1
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Third Amended Disclosure Statement with Respect to Joint Plan
of Reorganization of Debtors and Debtors in Possession, dated
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EX-2.1
Exhibit 2.1
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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In re
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Chapter 11 |
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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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OF REORGANIZATION OF DEBTORS
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JONES DAY |
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222 East 41st Street |
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New York, New York 10017 |
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Telephone: (212) 326-3939 |
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Facsimile: (212) 755-7306 |
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Corinne Ball (CB 8203) |
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Richard H. Engman (RE 7861) |
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Suite 800 |
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Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053 |
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Jeffrey B. Ellman (JE 5638) |
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Attorneys for Debtors and Debtors in Possession |
October 23, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION AND COMPUTATION OF TIME |
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Litigation Trust |
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Limitations on Amounts to Be Distributed to Holders of Allowed Insured Claims |
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Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other Documentation |
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Settlement Pool |
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Release of Liens |
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Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes |
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Distributions for Claims and Interests Allowed as of the Effective Date |
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Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests |
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Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions |
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Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions |
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Delivery of Distributions |
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Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed |
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes Other than 5B, 6D and 7B |
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Valuation of New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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Postpetition Interest on Claims |
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Post-Effective Date Interest on Claims |
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B |
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 6D |
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B |
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Distributions of New Dana Holdco Common Stock - No Fractional Shares; Rounding |
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De Minimis Distributions |
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Administration and Distribution of Union Emergence Shares |
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Distribution Record Date |
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Means of Cash Payments |
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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate |
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Establishment of Reserves |
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Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities |
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Tender of Bonds |
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Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Bonds |
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Tender of Old Common Stock of Dana |
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Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Old Common Stock of Dana |
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Failure to Surrender Old Common Stock of Dana |
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Withholding and Reporting Requirements |
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Setoffs |
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Application of Distributions |
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Treatment of Disputed Claims |
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ADR Procedures |
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Tort Claims |
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Disputed Insured Claims |
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No Distributions Until Allowance; No Settlement Payments Unless Allowed by Effective Date |
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Objections to Claims |
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Authority to Amend Schedules |
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Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed |
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Consent to Resolution of Certain Disputes |
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Consolidation |
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Order Granting Consolidation |
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Modification of the Plan |
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Severability of Plan Provisions |
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The New Investment Agreement and Union Settlement Agreements |
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The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors |
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Centerbridge and CBP |
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit I.A.63
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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.113
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Litigation Trust Agreement |
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Exhibit I.A.124
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New Series B Subscription Agreement |
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Exhibit I.A.136
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Pension Plans to Be Assumed and Assigned |
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Joint Venture Agreements to be Assumed and Assigned |
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Previously Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be Assigned |
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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 third
amended 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 third amended 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, as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated October 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. 6.5% and 7% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 6.5% and 7% Bonds Indenture.
4. 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, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated March 16, 1998, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated February
26, 1999, 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.
5. 9% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 9% Bonds Indenture.
6. 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% Dollar Securities due August 15, 2011 and (b) 200 9% Euro Securities due August
15, 2011, as the same may have been subsequently modified, amended or supplemented, together with
all instruments and agreements related thereto.
7. 10.125% Bonds means the unsecured notes issued under the 10.125% Bonds Indenture.
8. 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.
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9. 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.
10. Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee means the ad hoc committee of holders of Bonds represented
by Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
11. Ad Hoc Steering Committee means Avenue Special Situations Fund IV, L.P.; Avenue Special
Situations Fund V, L.P.; Avenue International, Ltd.; Avenue Investments, L.P.; Avenue-CDP Global
Opportunities Fund, L.P.; Davidson Kempner Capital Management, LLC (together with investment
vehicles advised by Davidson Kempner Capital Management, LLC and/or its Affiliates); Dune Capital
Management, L.P.; Dune Capital, LLC; Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC; QDRF Master Ltd., Quadrangle
Debt Recovery Income Fund Master Ltd. and Quadrangle Debt Opportunities Fund Master Ltd; and Silver
Point Capital, L.P.
12. 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(a)(2), 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; (i) any Claims of the B-2 Backstop
Investors entitled to superpriority under the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter and any order
approving same; and (j) 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.
13. 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.
14. ADR Procedures means the alternative dispute resolution procedures approved by the ADR
Order, as such procedures may be modified by further Order of the Bankruptcy Court.
15. 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.
16. 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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17. 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;
(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;
(iv) is asserted in a liquidated proof of Claim that is accepted, and is designated for
allowance, by the Debtors, as set forth in one or more notices Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on
or before the Effective Date; or
(v) is any Claim that is not a Disputed Claim; provided, however, that, to the extent that (A)
any portion of any Disputed General Unsecured Claim is identified in the Debtors Schedules in a
liquidated, non-contingent, non-disputed amount, (B) no proof of Claim was Filed seeking a
different priority or a lower amount than listed in the Schedules, (C) no objection has been filed
with respect to such Disputed Claim seeking to modify the priority or reduce the amount below the
amount set forth in the Schedules and (D) the scheduled portion of such Disputed Claim has not been
settled, waived, paid or otherwise satisfied or resolved, then such portion of the Disputed General
Unsecured Claim will be deemed an Allowed Claim as set forth in a notice to be filed no later than
5 business days prior to the Trade Claims Record Date, with a final updated notice of all Allowed
Claims as of the Effective Date to be filed no later than five business days after the Effective
Date or such later date that is reasonably agreed upon by the Debtors and the Creditors Committee;
and provided further that the deemed Allowance of a portion of any Disputed General Unsecured Claim
under this Section I.A.17.a.v shall not limit the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or, to the
extent applicable, other parties ability to object to the remaining disputed portion of such
Claim; 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;
(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; or
(iii) is asserted in a liquidated proof of Claim that is accepted, and is designated for
allowance, by the Debtors, as set forth in one or more notices Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on
or before the Effective Date.
18. 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.
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19. 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.
20. 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.
21. B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter means the letter between Dana, Centerbridge and the B-2
Backstop Investors dated October 18, 2007, pursuant to which the B-2 Backstop Investors agreed to
purchase up to 2,900,000 unsubscribed shares of the New Series B Preferred Stock.
22. B-2 Backstop Investors means those investors that have executed signature pages to the
B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter.
23. 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.
24. Bankruptcy Code means title 11 of the United States Code, as now in effect or hereafter
amended, as applicable to these Chapter 11 Cases.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. Bondholder means a holder of a Bondholder Claim.
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30. Bondholder Claim means any Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by a Bond, which
Claim includes, but is not limited to, principal and interest as of the Petition Date and, only if
applicable, Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date Interest.
31. Bondholder Record Date means August 13, 2007.
32. 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.
33. Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday (as defined
in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).
34. 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.
35. Cash means legal tender of the United States of America and equivalents thereof.
36. 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.
37. Catch-Up Distribution means: (a) with respect to each holder of an Allowed Claim in
Class 5B 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; (b) with respect to each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 6D that was previously a
Disputed Claim, the amount of Reserved Shares and Reserved 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 6D and Class 7B entitled to distributions
from the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve 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; and (c) 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 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
from the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve 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.
38. CBP means CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, one of the New Equity Investors, or a successor
or assign of CBP pursuant to the terms of the New Investment Agreement.
39. Centerbridge means Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P.
40. Centerbridge Purchaser Entities means CBP and its permitted successors and assigns under
the New Investment Agreement.
41. Chapter 11 Cases means, collectively, the cases commenced under chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code by the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.
42. Charging Lien means any lien or other priority in payment to which the Indenture Trustee
is entitled under each Indenture against distributions to be made to applicable Bondholders under
each Indenture.
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43. Claim means a claim (as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against a
Debtor.
44. Claims and Noticing Agent means BMC Group, Inc.
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; provided, however, that Exhibits II.E.1.a,
II.E.1.c, II.E.4 and II.E.5 will be filed no later than five Business Days prior to the Voting
Deadline. 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. Contract Procedures Order means an order of the Bankruptcy Court, entered on or prior to
the Confirmation Date, which approves procedures to address the treatment of certain agreements in
the Chapter 11 Cases in conjunction with the Plan, including the assumption, assumption and
assignment or rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and establishes the form and
manner of notice to be given to counterparties to such agreements with the Debtors.
54. 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.
55. Convenience Claims means General Unsecured Claims (other than Bondholder Claims and
Participating Claims) against any of the Consolidated Debtors that otherwise would be classified in
Class 5B, but, with respect to each such Claim, either (a) the aggregate amount of such Claim is
equal to or less than $5,000 or (b) the aggregate amount of such Claim 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; provided, however, that where any portion(s) of a single Claim has been
transferred to a transferee, (a) the amount of all such portions will be aggregated to determine
whether a Claim qualifies as a Convenience Claim and for purposes of the Convenience Claim election
and (b) unless all transferees make the Convenience Claim election on the applicable Ballots, the
Convenience Claim election will not be recognized for such Claim.
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56. 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.
57. 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.
58. 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.
59. Dana means Debtor Dana Corporation.
60. DCC means Dana Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a non-debtor affiliate of
the Debtors.
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. Debtors means, collectively, the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession
identified on Exhibit I.A.63.
64. Derivative Claim means a claim (as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) or
cause of action against any Released Party 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).
65. 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).
66. DIP Lender Claim means any Claim against a Debtor under or evidenced by (a) the DIP
Credit Agreement and (b) the Final DIP Order.
67. 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).
68. Disallowed, when used with respect to a Claim, means a Claim that has been disallowed by
a Final Order.
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69. Disbursing Agent means any Reorganized Debtor in its capacity as disbursing agent
pursuant to Section VI.B or any Third Party Disbursing Agent.
70. 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.
71. 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;
f. a Tort Claim; or
g. a Claim that is submitted to the ADR Procedures.
72. Disputed Insured Claim and Disputed Uninsured Claim mean, respectively, an Insured
Claim or an Uninsured Claim that is also a Disputed Claim.
73. 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
(i) Pro Rata distributions to holders of Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims in Class 5B
and (ii) periodic Pro Rata distributions to holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B, pursuant to the
terms of the Plan, and (b) will not constitute property of the Reorganized Debtors.
74. Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets means (a) the Reserved Shares and (b) any
Reserved Excess Minimum Cash.
75. 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 Class 5B.
76. 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 be distributed Pro Rata on the Effective Date to holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B.
77. Distribution Record Date means the close of business on the Confirmation Date.
78. 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.
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79. DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
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.
To the extent there is a dispute as to the amount of Excess Minimum Cash, the amount of Excess
Minimum Cash will be decided by the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Effective Date.
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 either (a) 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; (b) 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 (c) the amount of the Claim (i) 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, (ii) estimated by the Bankruptcy Court for such purpose pursuant
to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (iii) proposed by the Debtors in consultation with the
Creditors Committee or the Reorganized Debtors if (A) no proof of Claim has been Filed by the Bar
Date or has otherwise been deemed timely Filed under applicable law and such amount is not listed
in the Debtors Schedules or is listed in the Debtors Schedules as disputed, contingent or
unliquidated or (B) the proof of Claim specifies an unliquidated amount (in whole or in part).
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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 and, only if applicable, Postpetition Interest
and Post-Effective Date Interest, that is not an Administrative Claim, Secured Claim, Cure Amount
Claim, Priority Claim, Priority Tax Claim, Section 510(b) Securities Claim, Section 510(b) Old
Common Stock Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, DCC Claim, Prepetition Intercompany Claim or
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.
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 successor indenture trustee under
the Indentures pursuant to the Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated
December 5, 2005, by and among the Issuer, Citibank, N.A., as the resigning trustee, and Wilmington
Trust Company, as successor trustee.
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102. Indenture Trustee Fee Claim means, individually and collectively, a Claim against the
Debtors arising from and after the Petition Date pursuant to the applicable Indentures relating to
any compensation, disbursements, fees and expenses, including any Claim under such Indenture
relating to reasonable fees and expenses of counsel of the Indenture Trustee, which Claims shall be
satisfied and discharged in accordance with Section II.A.1.h.
103. 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.
104. 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.
105. Ineligible Unsecured Claims means, collectively, General Unsecured Claims that are
either Allowed or estimated by the Bankruptcy Court under section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code on
or prior to the Effective Date and are held by a Person who is not, nor are any of its affiliates,
a Qualified Investor but without regard to clauses (c) and (d) of that definition; provided,
however, that Bondholder Claims which are not Participating Claims will be Ineligible Unsecured
Claims even if held by such Persons. In no event will Union Claims, DCC Claims, any Claims of the
non-union retirees represented by the Retiree Committee, Intercompany Claims, Convenience Claims or
Asbestos Personal Injury Claims be Ineligible Unsecured Claims.
106. Insurance Contract means any policy of third party liability insurance under which any
of the Debtors could have asserted or did assert, or may in the future assert, a right to coverage
for any claim, together with any other contracts which pertain or relate to such policy (including,
by way of example and not limitation, any insurance settlement agreements, coverage-in-place
agreements, or the agreement known as the Wellington Agreement).
107. Insured Claim means that portion of any Claim arising from an incident or occurrence
alleged to have occurred prior to the Effective Date: (a) as to which any Insurer is obligated
pursuant to the terms, conditions, limitations, and exclusions of its Insurance Contract(s), to pay
any judgment, settlement, or contractual obligation with respect to the Debtors, or (b) that any
Insurer otherwise agrees to pay as part of a settlement or compromise of a claim made under the
applicable Insurance Contract(s).
108. Insurer means any company or other entity that issued, or is responsible for, a policy
of third party liability insurance under which any of the Debtors could have asserted or did
assert, or may in the future assert, a right to coverage for any claim under an Insurance Contract.
109. Intercompany Claim means any Claim by any Debtor against another Debtor.
110. 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.
111. 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
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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.
112. Litigation Trust means the trust established pursuant to Section V.G to oversee the
Reorganized Debtors resolution of certain General Unsecured Claims and prosecute certain Recovery
Actions and other causes of action of the Estates not released pursuant to the Plan as identified
in the Litigation Trust Agreement.
113. Litigation Trust Agreement means the trust agreement, which shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Creditors Committee, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors,
Centerbridge and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee, establishing the terms governing the Litigation
Trust, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.113.
114. Litigation Trustee means the trustee for the Litigation Trust selected by the Debtors,
with the consent of the Creditors Committee, after consultation with the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee, pursuant to Section V.G and identified in the Litigation Trust Agreement (or any
successor trustee), in his or her or its capacity as the trustee of the Litigation Trust.
115. 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.
116. New Dana Holdco means Dana Corporation Holdings, a Delaware corporation.
117. 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.
118. New Equity Investment means the $790,000,000 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, the New Series B Subscription Agreements and
the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter.
119. New Equity Investors means, individually and collectively, CBP, the B-2 Backstop
Investors 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, the New Series B Subscription Agreements and the B-2 Backstop Commitment
Letter.
120. 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.
121. New Preferred Stock means, collectively, the New Series A Preferred Stock and the New
Series B Preferred Stock.
122. New Series A Preferred Stock means, collectively, the 2,500,000 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, the terms of which shall not be altered in any material manner
without the reasonable consent of the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and;
provided, however, that the number of shares authorized may not be increased without the consent of
the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee.
123. New Series B Preferred Stock means, collectively, the 5,400,000 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
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incorporation (or comparable constituent documents) and certificate of designations of New
Dana Holdco, the terms of which shall not be altered in any material manner without the reasonable
consent of the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and; provided, however, that
the number of shares authorized may not be increased without the consent of the Creditors
Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee.
124. 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.124, pursuant
to which each of the New Equity Investors, other than CBP, will subscribe to purchase the New
Series B Preferred Stock.
125. Non-Union Emergence Shares means the shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be
reserved by New Dana Holdco for issuance as a post-emergence bonus to non-union hourly and salaried
non-management employees as discussed in Section V.E.4.
126. 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.
127. Non-Union Retiree VEBA means the voluntary employees beneficiary association
established pursuant to the Non-Union Retiree Settlement Order.
128. 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, Centerbridge and the Unions.
129. NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
130. 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.
131. Official Committees means, collectively, the Creditors Committee and the Retiree
Committee.
132. 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.
133. 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.
134. Participating Claims means Qualified Bond Claims, Acquired Bond Claims and/or Qualified
Trade Claims.
135. 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.
136. Pension Plans means, individually and collectively, the pension plans listed on Exhibit
I.A.136 (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).
137. Per Share Value means the midpoint value per share of New Dana Holdco Common Stock as
set forth in the Disclosure Statement, subject to modification by the Confirmation Order.
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138. 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.
139. Person means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
140. Petition Date means March 3, 2006, the date on which the Debtors Filed their petitions
for relief commencing the Chapter 11 Cases.
141. 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.
142. 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.
143. Plan Term Sheet means Exhibit B to the Plan Support Agreement.
144. Port Authority means the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority.
145. 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.
146. 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.
147. 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.
148. 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.
149. Postpetition Intercompany Claim means any Intercompany Claim that is not a Prepetition
Intercompany Claim.
150. Postpetition Interest means: (a) for a Bondholder Claim, the contractual rate of
interest set forth in the applicable Indenture; (b) 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; (c) such interest, if any, as otherwise agreed to by the holder of a Claim and
the applicable Debtor; or (d) if none of the foregoing apply, the Federal Judgment Rate.
151. Post-Effective Date Interest means: (a) for a Bondholder Claim, the contractual rate
of interest set forth in the applicable Indenture; (b) 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; (c) such interest, if any, as otherwise agreed to by the holder
of a Claim and the applicable Debtor; or (d) if none of the foregoing apply, the Federal Judgment
Rate.
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152. Prepetition Intercompany Claim means an Intercompany Claim that arose prior to the
Petition Date.
153. 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.
154. Priority Tax Claim means a Claim that is entitled to priority in payment pursuant to
section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
155. 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. Until all Disputed Claims in a Class are resolved, Disputed Claims shall be treated as
Allowed Claims in their Face Amount for purposes of calculating Pro Rata distribution of property
to holders of Allowed Claims in such Class.
156. 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.
157. QIB means a qualified institutional buyer, as such term is defined in Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
158. 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.
159. 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 the Subscription Agent by the Subscription Deadline, 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.
160. Qualified Investor Record Date means the Bondholder Record Date or the Trade Claims
Record Date, as applicable.
161. 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.
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162. 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.
163. Recovery Actions means, collectively and individually, preference actions, fraudulent
conveyance actions and other claims or causes of action under sections 510, 542, 544, 547, 548, 549
and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code and other similar state law claims and causes of action.
164. 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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165. 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 (solely in their capacity as such and not in
their capacity as the Debtors prepetition lenders), Centerbridge, CBP, Centerbridge Capital
Partners Strategic, L.P., Centerbridge Capital Partners SBS, L.P. 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), the Indenture Trustee and
the Representatives of each of the foregoing.
166. Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA Contribution means $53.8 million in Cash.
167. Reorganized
.. . . means, when used in reference to a particular Debtor, such Debtor on
or after the Effective Date.
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168. 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.
169. 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.
170. Reserved Excess Minimum Cash means (a) the Excess Minimum Cash to be contributed to the
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, (b) any Cash dividends or other distributions received by the
Disbursing Agent on account of the Reserved Shares, (c) any Cash deposited into the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve by the
Litigation Trust or Litigation Trustee and (d) any related Cash Investment Yield.
171. Reserved Shares means the shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock to be contributed to
the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
172. 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.
173. 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.
174. 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.
175. SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
176. 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.
177. 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.
178. Section 510(b) Securities Claim means any Claim against any of the Debtors: (a)
arising from rescission of a purchase or sale of a Bond or any other security of a Consolidated
Debtor other than Old Common Stock; (b) for damages arising from the purchase or sale of a Bond or
any other security of a Consolidated Debtor other than Old Common Stock; or (c) for reimbursement
or contribution allowed under section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code on account of such a Claim.
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179. 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.
180. Secured Tax Claim means a Secured Claim arising out of a Debtors liability for any
Tax.
181. Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
182. Securities Litigation means the putative class action captioned Howard Frank,
Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Dana Corporation, et al, Case No.
3:05-cv-07393, N.D. Ohio (2005).
183. Settlement Pool means Cash equal to $40 million, which shall be funded from the
proceeds from the sale of New Series B Preferred Stock as described in Section V.J and which amount
of Cash shall not be altered in any manner, or any other consideration added or reduced, without
the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the Creditors Committee.
184. 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 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 Litigation Trustee Files an objection, as permitted by Section V.G.2, to such
stipulation or other agreement within ten days of receiving written notice of such stipulation or
other agreement, Bankruptcy Court approval will be required.
185. Subscription Agent means BMC Group, Inc.
186. Subscription Deadline means 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 5, 2007.
187. Subsidiary Debtor means any Debtor other than Dana.
188. Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests means, as to a particular Subsidiary Debtor, any
Interests in such Debtor.
189. Supporting Creditor means any holder of a General Unsecured Claim that has (a) timely
submitted an executed signature page to the Plan Support Agreement to the Debtors or (b) timely
executed a transferee acknowledgment in accordance with the Plan Support Agreement.
190. 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.
191. Third Party Disbursing Agent means an entity (including but not limited to the
Indenture Trustee) designated by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, in consultation with the
Creditors Committee, to act as a Disbursing Agent pursuant to Article VI.B.
192. Threshold Amount means $25 million.
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193. 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.
194. Trade Claims means all Allowed Claims in Class 5B that are not Bondholder Claims.
195. Trade Claims Record Date means November 28, 2007.
196. UAW means the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural
Implement Workers of America and its applicable affiliated entities, including local unions.
197. 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.
198. UAW Union Retiree VEBA means the VEBA established pursuant to the UAW Settlement
Agreement.
199. 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.
200. Uninsured Claim means any Claim that is not an Insured Claim.
201. 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.
202. 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.
203. 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.
204. Union Retiree Benefit Termination Date means the later of January 1, 2008 or the
Effective Date.
205. Union Settlement Agreements means, collectively, the UAW Settlement Agreement and the
USW Settlement Agreement.
206. Unions means, collectively, the UAW and USW.
207. United States Trustee means the Office of the United States Trustee for the Southern
District of New York.
208. 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.
209. 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.
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210. USW Union Retiree VEBA means the VEBA established pursuant to the USW Settlement
Agreement.
211. 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.
212. VEBA means a voluntary employees beneficiary association.
213. 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.
214. 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.
B. Rules of Interpretation and Computation of Time
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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.
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.
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A. Unclassified Claims
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Payment of Administrative Claims |
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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 such Administrative Claim becomes an Allowed 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 earlier of the conversion or dismissal of the applicable
Chapter 11 Case under section 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the closing of the applicable Chapter
11 Case pursuant to section 350(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Administrative Claims of B-2 Backstop Investors |
Unless otherwise agreed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and the B-2 Backstop Investors,
any Administrative Claims of the B-2 Backstop Investors arising under the B-2 Backstop Commitment
Letter and the order approving the same will be paid by the Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary
course of their businesses without further action by the B-2 Backstop Investors or further approval
by the Bankruptcy Court as long as the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter remains in full force and
effect.
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Contribution to Non-Union Retiree VEBA |
On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will make the Remaining Non-Union Retiree VEBA
Contribution.
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Special Provisions Regarding the Claims of the Indenture
Trustee |
In full satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claims, on the Effective Date, the Indenture
Trustee Fee Claims shall be allowed as an Administrative Claim against the Debtors pursuant to
section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and shall be paid by the Reorganized Debtors without the need
for the Indenture Trustee to file an application for allowance with the Bankruptcy Court. To
receive payment pursuant to this Section II.A.1.h, the Indenture Trustee shall provide reasonable
and customary detail or invoices in support of its Claims to counsel to the Reorganized Debtors and
counsel to Centerbridge 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. Any disputed amount of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claims shall be subject to the
jurisdiction of, and resolution by, the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the relevant objecting
party is unable to resolve a dispute with respect to an Indenture Trustee Fee Claim, the Indenture
Trustee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (i) submit any such dispute to the Bankruptcy Court
for resolution or (ii) assert its Charging Lien to obtain payment of such disputed Indenture
Trustee Claim. The Charging Lien held by the Indenture Trustee against distributions to
Bondholders on account of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claim will be deemed released upon payment of
the Indenture Trustee Fee Claim in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indentures and this
Plan. Except as provided herein, 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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Bar Dates for Administrative Claims |
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General Bar Date Provisions |
Except as otherwise provided in Section II.A.1.i.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 latest 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.
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Bar Dates for Certain Administrative Claims |
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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
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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.
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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.i.ii.B shall be deemed disallowed and expunged, subject to resolution and
satisfaction in the ordinary course outside these Chapter 11 Cases.
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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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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) and such
Administrative Claims will be satisfied pursuant to Section II.A.1.e.
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Administrative Claims of the B-2
Backstop Investors |
So long as the B-2 Commitment Letter remains in full force and effect, the B-2 Backstop
Investors will not be required to File or serve any request for payment or application for
allowance of their Administrative Claims, if any, arising under the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter
or the order approving same and such Administrative Claims will be satisfied pursuant to Section
II.A.1.f.
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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.
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Payment of 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 such
Priority Tax Claim becomes an Allowed Priority Tax Claim.
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Other Provisions Concerning Treatment of Priority Tax Claims |
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section II.A.2.a or Section I.A.190, 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 5B, as applicable, if not
subordinated to Class 5A or 5B 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 5B
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.
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.190, 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 5B, if not subordinated to Class 5B 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 5B 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.
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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.190, 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.
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.55).
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. General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (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 (b) after the Effective Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved
Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as are set forth in Section VI.G.5.b.
10. Union Claim (Class 5C 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.
11. 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.
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12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Section 510(b) Securities Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors (Class 6D Claims) are
impaired. Holders of Section 510(b) Securities Claims in Class 6D 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 6D to receive, to
the extent holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B have been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest
and Post-Effective Date Interest, its Pro Rata share of any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Debtors do not currently anticipate
that holders of Class 6D Claims will receive any distribution pursuant to the Plan, and consistent
with the language of section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class 6D Claim will
be deemed to have rejected the Plan.
15. 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 and 6D have been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date
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 (which are pari passu with Allowed Interests in Class 7A), of
any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the
Debtors do not currently anticipate that holders of Class 7A Interests will receive any
distribution pursuant to the Plan, and consistent with the language of section 1126(g) of the
Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class 7A Interest will be deemed to have rejected the Plan.
16. 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 and 6D have been paid in full plus Postpetition
Interest and Post-Effective Date Interest, its Pro Rata share and taking into account Allowed
Interests in Class 7A (which are pari passu with Allowed Claims in Class 7B), of any remaining
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Debtors do
not currently anticipate that holders of Class 7B Claims will receive any distribution pursuant to
the Plan, and consistent with the language of section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each holder
of a Class 7B Claim will be deemed to have rejected the Plan.
17. 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
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.
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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 the
Liabilities related to such Allowed Secondary Liability Claim and will be deemed satisfied in full
by the distributions on account of the related underlying Allowed Claim. Notwithstanding the
existence of a Secondary Liability 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.
E. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
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Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed |
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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; (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.; or (iii) modify
the amount of the Cure Amount Claim. Moreover, pursuant to the Contract Procedures Order, the
Debtors reserve the right, at any time until the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date, to
amend Exhibit II.E.1.a to identify or change the identity of the Reorganized Debtor party that
will be an assignee of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.1.a, (E) is not
listed on Exhibit II.E.5 or (F) 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 assumed by the Debtors and assigned to the Reorganized
Debtor that will be the owner of the business that performs the obligations to the customer under
such agreement, or such Reorganized Debtors parent company, in accordance with the provisions and
requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date. The Cure
Amount Claim to be paid in connection with the assumption of such a customer-related contract,
purchase order or similar agreement that is not specifically identified on Exhibit II.E.1.a shall
be $0.00. 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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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. 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, if not expressly
assigned to a third party previously in the Chapter 11 Cases or assigned to a particular
Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the procedures described above, 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 within five Business Days of the entry of the order of the
Bankruptcy Court resolving the matter against the Debtors. Such rejection shall be deemed
effective as of the Effective Date.
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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.
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Contracts and Leases Entered Into or Assumed 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; provided, however, that any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases assumed
by a Debtor and not previously assigned will be assigned to the Reorganized Debtor identified on
Exhibit II.E.4. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors reserve the right, at any time until the date
that is 30 days after the Effective Date, to amend Exhibit II.E.4 to identify or change the
identity of the Reorganized Debtor party that will be the assignee of an Executory Contract or
Unexpired Lease.
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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 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. Irrespective of whether an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is
listed on Exhibit II.E.5, it will be deemed rejected unless such contract (a) is listed on Exhibit
II.E.1.a or Exhibit II.E.1.c, (b) was not previously assumed, assumed and assigned or rejected by
order of the Bankruptcy Court or (c) is not deemed assumed pursuant to the other provisions of this
Section II.E. 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 5B Claim, as applicable (General
Unsecured Claims), subject to the provisions of section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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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 pursuant to the Plan must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or
before the later of: (a) 30 days after the Effective Date or (b) for Executory Contracts
identified on Exhibit II.E.5, 30 days after (i) the service of a notice of such rejection is served
under the Contract Procedures Order, if the contract counterparty does not timely file an objection
to the rejection in accordance with the Contract Procedures Order or (ii) if such an objection to
rejection is timely filed with the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the Contract Procedures
Order, the date that an Order is entered approving the rejection of the applicable contract or
lease or the date that the objection to rejection is withdrawn. 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.
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Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Notice Provisions |
In accordance with the Contract Procedures Order, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as
applicable, will provide (a) notice to each party whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is
being assumed pursuant to the Plan of: (i) the contract or lease being assumed; (ii) the Cure
Amount Claim, if any, that the applicable Debtor believes it would be obligated to pay in
connection with such assumption; (iii) any assignment of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease
(pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions or otherwise); and (iv) 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;
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(b) notice to each party whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is being rejected pursuant to
the Plan; (c) notice to each party whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is being assigned
pursuant to the Plan; (d) notice of any amendments to Exhibit II.E.1.a, Exhibit II.E.1.c, Exhibit
II.E.4 or Exhibit II.E.5; and (e) any other notices relating to the assumption, assumption and
assignment or rejection Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases required under the Plan or
Contract Procedures Order in accordance with the Contract Procedures Order.
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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.E.6.
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 employee benefit plan or program, 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:
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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 3057; (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, either an Allowed Administrative Claim in the amount of $764 million or an Allowed
General Unsecured Claim in Class 5B 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 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, the New
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Series B Subscription Agreements and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter. 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) Centerbridge, (c) the Unions, (d) the Creditors Committee and (e) the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee.
2. The Plan shall not have been materially amended, altered or modified from the Plan as Filed
on October 23, 2007, unless such material amendment, alteration or modification has been made in
accordance with Section X.A of the Plan.
3. All Exhibits to the Plan are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the
Debtors, (b) the Unions, (c) Centerbridge, (d) the Creditors Committee and (e) the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee.
4. Any modification of, amendment, supplement or change to the Plan or any Plan Exhibit that
(a) alters in any way the Settlement Pool or the parties to whom it shall be made available; (b)
makes available any consideration to Ineligible Unsecured Claims other than the Settlement Pool; or
(c) provides for the receipt of additional consideration for Centerbridge or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates shall not have been made without the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee and the Creditors Committee.
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
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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.
10. Any modification of, amendment, supplement or change to the Plan or any Plan Exhibit that
(a) alters in any way the Settlement Pool or the parties to whom it shall be made available; (b)
makes available any consideration to Ineligible Unsecured Claims other than the Settlement Pool; or
(c) provides for the receipt of additional consideration for Centerbridge or any of its
subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not have been made without the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee and the Creditors Committee.
11. The Debtors shall have complied with their obligations under the B-2 Backstop Commitment
Letter to sell New Series B Preferred Stock to the Series B-2 Investors in accordance with the
terms of the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, provided the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter has not
been terminated and the B-2 Investors shall have funded the purchase of New Series B Preferred
Stock thereunder.
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) the Unions, (4)
the Creditors Committee and (5) the Ad Hoc Steering Committee without an order of the Bankruptcy
Court, provided, however, that (a) 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 and (b) the condition precedent to the Confirmation Date and the Effective Date in Sections
IV.A.4 and IV.B.10, respectively, may be waived only with the consent of Centerbridge, the
Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee.
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 and upon notice to such parties in interest as the Bankruptcy Court
may direct, the Confirmation Order will be
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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
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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; provided, however, that the
Creditors Committee (a) shall continue to exist for the purpose of objecting to and litigating Fee
Claims and applications for fees and expenses under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and (b)
to the extent (i) an appeal to the Confirmation Order is pending as of the Effective Date and (ii)
the Creditors Committee is a party to and is actively participating in such appeal, the Creditors
Committee shall continue to exist for the purpose of participating in such appeal. 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 (a) 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.i.ii.A and (b) with respect to the Creditors Committee (i) objecting to and litigating Fee
Claims and applications for fees and expenses under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii)
to the extent applicable, the Creditors Committees active participation in any appeal of the
Confirmation Order. Upon the later of (a) the resolution of the Creditors Committees outstanding
objections to any Fee Claims and applications for fees and expenses under section 503(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code and (b) the resolution of any appeal of the Confirmation Order in which the
Creditors Committee is actively participating, the Creditors Committee will dissolve, and its
Professionals will cease to have any role arising from or relating to the Chapter 11 Cases. The
Reorganized Debtors will pay the reasonable expenses of the members of the Creditors Committee and
the reasonable fees and expenses of the Creditors Committees Professionals incurred in connection
with (a) objecting to and litigating Fee Claims and applications for fees and expenses under
section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and (b) to the extent applicable, actively participating in
an appeal of the Confirmation Order, without further Bankruptcy Court approval.
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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, including the Litigation Trust 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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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.
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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.
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;
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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 or
exculpated pursuant to Sections IV.E.6 and IV.E.7, respectively, 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.
c. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except with respect to Derivative Claims and holders of
Claims that vote in favor of the Plan, nothing in the Plan shall enjoin the prosecution of the
claims asserted, or to be asserted, solely on account of alleged conduct occurring prior to the
Petition Date, against any non-Debtor defendant in the Securities Litigation. In addition, nothing
in the Plan shall prevent the holders of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims from exercising their
rights against any applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or its Estate or Assets with respect to
their Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. Solely with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, the
automatic stay imposed by section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code will be terminated as of the date that
is 60 days after the Effective Date and, pursuant to section 108(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the
applicable statute of limitations with respect to any such Claim that did not expire prior to the
Petition Date will cease to be tolled as of that date.
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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 except with respect to
obligations arising under the Plan, the Global Settlement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter;
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, or any actions of the Debtors prepetition lenders with respect to the Debtors
prepetition credit facility.
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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 that
votes in favor of the Plan, 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). Notwithstanding the foregoing and except with respect to Derivative Claims and
holders of Claims that vote in favor of the Plan, nothing in the Plan shall release the claims
asserted, or to be asserted, solely on account of alleged conduct occurring prior to the Petition
Date, against any non-Debtor defendant in the Securities Litigation. In addition, nothing in the
Plan shall be deemed to release any applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor from any Liability
arising from or related to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.
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Release of Released Parties by Other Released Parties |
From and after the Effective Date, except with respect to obligations arising under the Plan,
the Global Settlement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, 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.
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
this section shall not apply to the obligations arising under the Plan, the Global Settlement and
the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter of the parties thereto; and provided further, 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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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, 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. 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.
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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): (1) on or before the Effective Date, 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) on the Effective Date, 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.
B. Restructuring Transactions
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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, in accordance with applicable
non-bankruptcy law, 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.
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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
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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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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.
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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
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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.
New Dana Holdco will apply to list the New Dana Holdco Common Stock on a national exchange on
or 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.
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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.
E. Employment, Retirement and Other Related Agreements; Cessation of Retiree Benefits; Workers
Compensation Programs
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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.
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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 Non-Union Retiree Settlement Order; 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.
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Continuation of Workers Compensation Programs |
From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Reorganized Debtors will continue to administer and
pay all valid claims for benefits and liabilities arising under the Debtors workers compensation
programs for which the Debtor or Reorganized Debtors are responsible under applicable state
workers compensation law, regardless of when the applicable injuries were incurred, in accordance
with the Debtors prepetition practices and procedures, applicable plan documents and governing
state workers compensation law, and (b) nothing in the Plan shall discharge, release, or relieve
the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors from any current or future liability under applicable state
workers compensation law in the jurisdictions where the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors participate
in workers compensation programs, including guarantees given to Michigans Workers Compensation
Agency by Dana on account of payment obligations of certain Debtor subsidiaries. The Debtors
expressly reserve the right to challenge the validity of any claim for benefits or liabilities
arising under any workers compensation program.
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Emergence Bonus for Non-Union Employees |
Nothing in the Plan shall prevent, as applicable, (a) New Dana Holdco from reserving or (b)
the Debtors from seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of New Dana Holdcos reservation of, New Dana
Holdco Common Stock having an aggregate Per Share Value of $22.0 million for distribution after the
Effective Date as a post-emergence bonus to non-union hourly and salaried non-management employees,
excluding in all events employees that will be eligible for management bonus programs after the
Effective Date. Such Non-Union Emergence Shares would be issued on terms and conditions
established by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors consistent with the description of such terms
and conditions previously provided to the Unions.
The Debtors anticipate that after the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco will implement an equity
incentive plan for management that will reserve up to 5-10% of the fully-diluted outstanding shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock. The Debtors anticipate that a copy of the equity incentive plan
will be Filed as a supplement to the Plan.
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 Litigation Trust and appointment of the
Litigation Trustee; 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.
G. Litigation Trust
On or before November 25, 2007, the Creditors Committee, in consultation with the Ad Hoc
Steering Committee, will provide the Debtors with the names of two candidates to serve as a
Litigation Trustee. The
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Debtors will solicit bids from such candidates, as well as two candidates selected by the
Debtors, and, with the consent of the Creditors Committee (in consultation with the Ad Hoc
Steering Committee), will select the most cost-effective and qualified candidate to serve as
Litigation Trustee and the Debtors, in consultation with Centerbridge, the Creditors Committee and
the Ad Hoc Steering Committee, will negotiate and enter into the Litigation Trust Agreement. The
identity of the Litigation Trustee and the Litigation Trust Agreement shall be Filed no later than
five days prior to the Confirmation Hearing and will be effective as of the Effective Date.
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Rights and Responsibilities |
The powers, rights and responsibilities of the Litigation Trust and Litigation Trustee shall
be specified in the Litigation Trust Agreement and shall be limited to the authority and
responsibility to: (a) consult with the Reorganized Debtors with respect to any proposed
Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim, settlement, other agreement or agreed order that would
result in an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000; (b) File an objection to any
proposed Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim, settlement, other agreement or agreed order
that would result in an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000 within ten days of
receiving written notice of such proposed Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim, settlement,
other agreement or agreed order; (c) object to any General Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000
where (i) the Litigation Trustee has requested the Debtors in writing to object to a General
Unsecured Claim, which written request shall in no event be served upon the Reorganized Debtors
prior to the later of (A) 60 days after the Effective Date or (B) 45 days after the Filing of a
proof of Claim for such General Unsecured Claim, and (ii) the Debtors have not filed the objection
requested by the Litigation Trustee within 20 days of the Reorganized Debtors receipt of such
request; and (d) prosecute Recovery Actions and other Estate causes of action not released by the
Plan or in any other order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order), including
potential Recovery Actions against the Debtors prepetition secured lenders, to the extent that
such causes of action are transferred pursuant to, and identified in, the Litigation Trust
Agreement. In connection with its responsibilities, the Litigation Trust 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 Litigation Trust Agreement or the Plan, the
consultation and objection rights of the Litigation Trustee with respect to Claims shall be limited
to General Unsecured Claims that, if Allowed pursuant to a Stipulation of Amount and Nature of
Claim, other settlement, other agreement or agreed order, would result in an Allowed General
Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000. Any net proceeds recovered by the Litigation Trust from the
prosecution or resolution of the Recovery Actions and other Estate causes of action discussed above
shall be deposited into the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve for distribution in accordance with
the Plan.
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Fees and Expenses of the Litigation Trust |
Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the reasonable and necessary fees and
expenses of the Litigation Trust and the Litigation Trustee (including the reasonable and necessary
fees and expenses of any professionals assisting the Litigation Trust in carrying out its duties
under the Plan) will be funded by the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the Litigation Trust
Agreement without further order from the Bankruptcy Court.
The Litigation Trust is intended to be treated, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, as a
grantor trust, the sole beneficiary of which is the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, a disputed
ownership fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.468B-9(b)(1), and which,
accordingly, is a part of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
The beneficial interest of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve in the Litigation Trust will
be non-transferable.
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H. Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims
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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.
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Assumption and Continuation of Insurance Policies |
From and after the Effective Date, each of the Insurance Contracts will be, as applicable,
either deemed assumed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to section 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code and Section V.A of the Plan or continued in accordance with its terms such that
each of the parties contractual, legal and equitable rights under each Insurance Contract shall
remain unaltered, and the parties to each Insurance Contract will continue to be bound by such
Insurance Contract as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not occurred. Nothing in the Plan, shall affect,
impair or prejudice the rights and defenses of the Insurers or the Reorganized Debtors under the
Insurance Contracts in any manner, and such Insurers and Reorganized Debtors shall retain all
rights and defenses under the Insurance Contracts, and the Insurance Contracts shall apply to, and
be enforceable by and against, the Reorganized Debtors and the applicable Insurer(s) as if the
Chapter 11 Cases had not occurred. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Plan (a) from and after the Effective Date, the litigation currently pending in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio captioned, collectively, as Firemans Fund
Insurance Company v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Case No. 03-03CV7168; American
Insurance Company v. Celotex Corp., No. 85-7997; and Dana Corp. v. Firemans Fund Insurance
Company, No. 83-1153, shall continue before the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio, and Claims relating to such litigation shall be adjudicated and resolved in the
course of such litigation, rather than in the Bankruptcy Court and (b) nothing in the Plan
(including any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening), shall in any way
operate to, or have the effect of, impairing any partys legal, equitable or contractual rights
and/or obligations under any Insurance Contract, if any, in any respect. Any such rights and
obligations shall be determined under the Insurance Contracts, any agreement of the parties and
applicable law.
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Liquidation of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims |
All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will be liquidated, determined or otherwise resolved in
the appropriate non-bankruptcy forum, and no Asbestos Personal Injury Claim will be subject to the
Claims allowance process set forth in the Plan.
I. 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 or as otherwise provided for herein, 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 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.L. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything
contained in the Plan, the applicable provisions of the Indentures will continue in effect solely
for the purposes of (a) allowing the Indenture Trustee or other Disbursing Agent to make
distributions on account of Bondholder Claims under the Plan as provided in Section VI.F of the
Plan and (b) permitting the Indenture Trustee to maintain or assert any rights or Charging Liens it
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distributions to Bondholders for the Indenture Trustee Fee Claim pursuant to the terms of the
Plan and the applicable Indenture. The Reorganized Debtors shall have not have any obligations to
the Indenture Trustee for any fees, costs or expenses except as expressly provided in the Plan.
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. Settlement Pool
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Purpose of Settlement Pool |
The Settlement Pool will be established to settle a dispute between the Creditors Committee,
the Debtors, the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and Centerbridge and provides for settlement payments to
holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims.
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Each holder of an Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim will receive, on the 45th day following
the Effective Date, its pro rata portion of the Settlement Pool, which under no circumstances shall
exceed $.085 per $1.00 of each such Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim. Any funds remaining in the
Settlement Pool after all payments have been made to holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims
will be deemed Minimum Excess Cash.
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Condition to Funding of Settlement Pool |
The Settlement Pool will be funded from the proceeds from the sale of the New Series B
Preferred Stock, pursuant to the New Investment Agreement and B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, in
excess of $500 million.
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Evidence of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims |
In order for a holder of an Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim to receive a payment from the
Settlement Pool on account of such Claim, each holder will be required to provide the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reasonable evidence that its Claims are Allowed Ineligible
Unsecured Claims no later than 15 days after the Effective Date. The Debtors anticipate sending
out requests for such information no later than 15 days prior to the Effective Date.
K. 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.K.
L. 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
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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 Leases being assumed), Section VI.F.2 (regarding undeliverable distributions) or Section
VI.L (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.
B. Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests
The Reorganized Debtors, or such Third Party Disbursing Agents as the Reorganized Debtors, 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. Distributions on Account of Bondholder Claims
Distributions on account of Allowed Bondholder Claims shall be made (1) to the Indenture
Trustee or (2) with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, through the facilities of
DTC or, if applicable, a Third Party Disbursing Agent. If a distribution is made to the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Third Party Disbursing Agent, shall administer
the distributions in accordance with the Plan and the applicable Indenture and be compensated in
accordance with Section VI.D below.
D. 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. For purposes of reviewing the
reasonableness of the fees and expenses of any Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized
Debtors shall be provided with copies of invoices of each Third Party Disbursing Agent in the form
typically rendered in the regular course of the applicable Third Party Disbursing Agents business
but with sufficient detail that reasonableness may be assessed. To the extent that there are any
disputes that the Reorganized Debtors
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are unable to resolve with a Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized Debtors may submit
such dispute to the Bankruptcy Court for resolution.
E. Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
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Funding of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve |
On the Effective Date or otherwise prior to the initial distributions under Section VI.G.1,
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 Allowed Claims in Class 5B and Disputed
Claims that become Allowed Claims in Class 5B. 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) as Allowed Claims in the Face Amount of such Claims as of the
Effective Date. In addition, Disputed Claims rendered duplicative as a result of the consolidation
of the Consolidated Debtors pursuant to Section VIII.A will only be counted once for purposes of
establishing the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve. As Disputed Claims are resolved, the
Disbursing Agent shall make adjustments to the reserves for Disputed Claims, but the Reorganized
Debtors shall not be required to increase such reserves from and after the Effective Date. The
Debtors may File a motion seeking an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving additional procedures
for the establishment of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
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Dividends and Distributions |
Cash dividends and other distributions received by the Disbursing Agent on account of the
Reserved Shares and any Cash deposited into the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve from the
Litigation Trust, 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 Class 5B and Disputed Claims that become
Allowed Claims in Class 5B, (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 an Allowed Claim in Class 5B and each holder of a Disputed Claim that
ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim in Class 5B will have recourse only to the initial distribution
of Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Cash and 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 in Class 6D will have recourse, to the extent
each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B has been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest and
Post-Effective Date 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. Each holder of an Allowed Interest
in Class 7A or an Allowed Claim in Class 7B will have recourse, to the extent each holder of an
Allowed Claim in Classes 5B and 6D has been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest and
Post-Effective Date Interest, only to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets, if any, and not
to any other assets held by any Disbursing Agent, the Litigation Trust, the Litigation Trustee, the
Reorganized Debtors, their property or any assets previously distributed on account of any Allowed
Claim or Allowed Interest.
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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.
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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).
The rights of holders of Allowed Claims to receive distributions from the Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve in accordance with the Plan will be non-transferable, except with respect to a
transfer by will, the laws of descent and distribution or operation of law.
F. Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions
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Delivery of Distributions |
Except as provided in Section VI.F.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 Claims and
Noticing 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. Except as provided in Section VI.C, and subject to the requirements of Section VI.L and
Section VI.F.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. Except as provided in Section VI.C, 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.L. For purposes of distributions under this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall be
considered a Third Party Disbursing Agent.
iii. Subject to the requirements of Section VI.L, 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
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(A) 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 (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.L.
v. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to impair, waive or
extinguish any rights of the Indenture Trustee with respect to a Charging Lien, provided, however,
that any such Charging Lien will be released upon payment of the Indenture Trustees reasonable
fees and expenses in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indentures and this Plan.
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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.F.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.F.2.a.i until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable. Subject to Section
VI.E.6F.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 held by a Third Party Disbursing Agent will be returned to New Dana Holdco.
If, on the later of (i) one year after the Effective Date and (ii) the first Business Day after
the Final Distribution Date, (A) Allowed Claims in Class 5B have not been paid in full plus
Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date Interest and (B) the aggregate amount of such
unclaimed distributions would result in a Pro Rata distribution exceeding $500 to holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 5B, such unclaimed distributions will be distributed Pro Rata to holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 5B in accordance with Section VI.G.5. Any unclaimed distributions not
distributed pursuant to the foregoing proviso, or any such distributions that are returned as
undeliverable, will become property of New Dana Holdco, free of any restrictions thereon. 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.
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G. Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes Other than 5B, 6D and 7B |
Subject to Section VI.A, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in a Class
other than 5B, 6D 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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Valuation of New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
For the purposes of (a) establishing the value of all distributions of New Dana Holdco Common
Stock to be made pursuant to the Plan and (b) calculating the amount of New Dana Holdco Common
Stock to be reserved under the Plan, each share of New Dana Holdco Common Stock shall be valued at
the Per Share Value.
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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.
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Post-Effective Date Interest on Claims |
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, Post-Effective Date Interest shall not accrue on
account of any Claim.
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B |
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Initial Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B |
Subject to Section VI.A and VI.C, on the Effective Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute
to each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B 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 Class 5B is Disallowed or
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.G.5.b, to the applicable holders of Allowed Claims in
Class 5B on the next Periodic Distribution Date.
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Periodic Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B |
On the applicable Periodic Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B 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 Class
5B that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up
Distribution as its first distribution after such Claim is Allowed. 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.
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 6D |
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Initial Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 6D |
On the Periodic Distribution Date upon which (i) all Disputed Claims in Class 5B 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 Claim in Class 6D its Pro Rata
share of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets, if any.
If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Class 6D is Disallowed or
Allowed in an amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating
the initial distribution to Class 6D, the applicable Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets will
be distributed, subject to Section VI.G.6.b, to the applicable holders of Allowed Claims in Class
6D on the next Periodic Distribution Date.
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Periodic Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 6D |
On the applicable Periodic Distribution Date, the Disbursing Agent will distribute to each
holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 6D its Pro Rata share of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets, until such time as all Disputed Claims in Class 6D entitled to such distributions have been
resolved. On an applicable Periodic Distribution Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 6D
that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up
Distribution as its first distribution after such Claim is Allowed. 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.
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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 5B and 6D
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 have been 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 Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets remaining in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, if any. For the purpose of calculating
the amount of Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets to be initially distributed to holders of
Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B, (i) all Allowed Interests will be
valued based on the per share value of Old Dana Common Stock at the close of business on the
Petition Date and (ii) 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 Disallowed or
Allowed in an amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating
the initial distribution, the applicable Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets will be
distributed, subject to Section VI.G.7.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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Periodic Distributions to Holders of Allowed Interests in Class
7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B |
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 Disputed Unsecured
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Claims Reserve Assets, 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 as its first distribution after such Claim is Allowed. 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.
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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.
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De Minimis Distributions |
A Disbursing Agent will not distribute Cash (including Excess Minimum Cash) to the holder of
an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable, if the amount of Cash (including Excess
Minimum Cash) to be distributed on any Periodic Distribution Date is less than $500.
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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.
H. Distribution Record Date
1. A Disbursing Agent will have no obligation to, and will not, recognize the transfer of, or
the sale of any participation in, any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest 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 and Allowed Interests that are holders of
such Claims and Interests, 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 to, and will not, recognize the transfer or sale of any Bondholder Claim or any 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.
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.
I. 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 or foreign bank, as applicable, selected by the applicable
Disbursing Agent or, at the option of the applicable Disbursing Agent, by wire transfer from a
domestic bank or foreign bank, as applicable.
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J. 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.
K. 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.
L. Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities
a. Except as provided in Section VI.L.2 for lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Bonds and
except as provided in subsection (b) below, 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 on 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.
b. If the record holder of a Bondholder Claim is DTC or its nominee or such other securities
depository or custodian thereof, or if a Bondholder Claim is held in book-entry or electronic form
pursuant to a global security held by DTC, then the beneficial holder of such a Bondholder Claim
shall be deemed to have surrendered such holders security, note, debenture or other evidence of
indebtedness upon surrender of such global security by DTC or such other securities depository or
custodian thereof.
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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.L.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.
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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.F.2.c.
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Except as provided in Section VI.L.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
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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.
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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.L.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.
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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.
M. 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.F.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.
N. 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
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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.
O. 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
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.
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 or a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court 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 and 5B 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
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
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against any person or entity in connection with or arising out of any Tort Claim are expressly
retained and preserved.
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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.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no payments or distributions will be made on
account of a Disputed Claim until (a) such Claim (or a portion of such Claim) becomes an Allowed
Claim, if ever and (b) solely with respect to Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims, any portion of
such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim as of the Effective Date. In lieu of distributions under the
Plan to holders of Disputed Claims in Class 5B, 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
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.
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After the Confirmation Date, but prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Creditors
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objections to Claims, including pursuant to any alternative dispute resolution or similar
procedures approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
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Except as provided in Section V.G of the Plan, on or after the Effective Date, the Reorganized
Debtors will have the sole authority to File, settle, compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment
objections to Claims.
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On or after the Effective Date, only the Reorganized Debtors, subject to Section V.G of the
Plan, may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim or any objection or controversy relating to any
Claim, without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
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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 Litigation Trustee
(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
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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.
D. Consent to Resolution of Certain Disputes
If (1) the resolution by the Debtors of an objection to the Plan or Disclosure Statement made
by or on behalf of a holder of a Class 5B Claim or (2) a resolution of the appeal of the order
approving the Global Settlement with Appaloosa Management, L.P. or any Affiliate thereof would
require, in either such case, a payment to be made by the Debtors or other consideration to be
provided to the non-Debtor party, the Debtors may agree to such resolution only with the reasonable
consent of the Series B-2 Backstop Investors, Centerbridge and the Creditors Committee.
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; (5) the revesting of assets in the separate
Reorganized Debtors pursuant to Section V.A. In addition, such consolidation shall not constitute
a waiver of the mutuality requirement for setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code.
B. Order Granting Consolidation
This Plan serves 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 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.
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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 Asbestos Personal
Injury Claims and any Claim of an Insurer or any other litigation between or among any Reorganized
Debtor and any Insurer arising under or relating to an Insurance Contract that has been assumed or
continued under the Plan), 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 (other than with respect to
any litigation between or among any Reorganized Debtor and any Insurer arising under or relating to
an Insurance Contract that has been assumed or continued under the Plan);
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 Litigation Trust 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 Litigation Trust Agreement or any
contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document that is entered into or delivered
pursuant to the Plan, the Litigation Trust Agreement or any entitys rights arising from or
obligations incurred in connection with the Plan, the Litigation Trust 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; however, with respect to any such modification identified in
Section IV.A.4, the Debtors may not do so without the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and
the Creditors Committee
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.
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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 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:
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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)
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Thomas Moers Mayer, Esq.
Matthew J. Williams, Esq.
Stephen D. Zide, Esq.
KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
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1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 715-9100 (Telephone)
(212) 715-8000 (Facsimile)
(Counsel to the Creditors 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)
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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)
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)
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)
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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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Exhibit 99.1
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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THIRD AMENDED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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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: October 23, 2007
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Overview |
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Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests Under the Plan |
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBTORS |
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The Business and Legal Proceedings |
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The Business |
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Legal Proceedings |
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The Debtors Prepetition Capital Structure |
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Prepetition Credit Facility |
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Prepetition Financing Programs |
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Common Stock |
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EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHAPTER 11 CASES |
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Factors Precipitating the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases |
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High Commodity Prices |
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Resulting Liquidity Issues |
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Prepetition Restructuring Negotiations |
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Realignment of Operations |
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Refinancing Effort |
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THE CHAPTER 11 CASES |
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Statutory Committees |
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The Creditors Committee |
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The Equity Committee |
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The Retiree Committee |
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Motion to Appoint Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants |
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Exclusivity |
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DIP Credit Agreement and Payment of Prepetition Bank Loans |
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DCC Liquidation |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Postpetition Divestitures |
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Sale of Trailer Axle Business |
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Divestiture of Engine Products Group |
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Sale of Equity Interest in GETRAG |
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Divestiture of Fluid Products Group |
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Divestiture of Pump Products Business |
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Settlement Agreement with Supplier Sypris Technologies, Inc. |
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The Affinia Group, Inc. Claims |
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Executive Compensation |
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Overseas Operations |
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Pension Liability Settlement with Respect to Danas United Kingdom Subsidiaries |
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Restructuring of European Holdings and Entry into European Financing Agreement |
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Mexico |
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Asia |
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Other |
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RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVES |
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Customer Pricing/Product Profitability |
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Pension, Benefit and Labor Costs |
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Manufacturing Footprint |
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Overhead Costs |
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Vendors |
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THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT |
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The Union Settlement Agreements |
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The Plan Support Agreement |
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The New Investment Agreement |
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Certain Definitions |
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Offering of New Series B Preferred Stock |
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General Provisions of the New Investment Agreement |
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General Provisions of the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter |
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Creditors Ineligible to Invest in New Series B Preferred Stock |
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New Dana Holdco |
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Corporate Existence |
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Governance |
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New Dana Holdco Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws |
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Shareholders Agreement |
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Subscription Agreements |
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Equity Incentive Plan |
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THE PLAN |
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General |
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Classification and Treatment of Claims and Interests |
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Unclassified Claims |
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Classified Claims |
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Treatment of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims |
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Treatment of Allowed Secondary Liability Claims; Maximum Recovery |
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Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
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Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to Be Assumed |
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Approval of Assumptions and Assignments; Assignments Related to Restructuring Transactions |
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Payments Related to the Assumption of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases |
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Contracts and Leases Entered Into or Assumed After the Petition Date |
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Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
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Bar Date for Rejection Damages |
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Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Notice Provisions |
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Special Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Issues |
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No Change in Control |
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Conditions Precedent to Confirmation of the Plan |
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Conditions Precedent to the Occurrence of the Effective Date |
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Retention of Jurisdiction by the Bankruptcy Court |
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VOTING REQUIREMENTS |
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Voting Deadline |
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Holders of Claims or Interests Entitled to Vote |
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Vote Required for Acceptance by a Class |
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Voting Procedures |
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Ballots |
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Beneficial Owners of Bonds |
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Brokerage Firms, Banks and Other Nominees |
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Withdrawal or Change of Votes on the Plan |
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Voting Multiple Claims |
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Voting Transferred Claims |
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CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN |
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Confirmation Hearing |
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Deadline to Object to Confirmation |
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Requirements for Confirmation of the Plan |
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Requirements of Section 1129(a) of the Bankruptcy Code |
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2. |
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Best Interests of Creditors |
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Feasibility |
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Requirements of Section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code |
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80 |
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D. |
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Valuation of New Dana Holdco |
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XI. |
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MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN |
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A. |
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Effects of Confirmation of the Plan |
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Consolidation |
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83 |
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2. |
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Continued Corporate Existence and Vesting of Assets |
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84 |
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3. |
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Restructuring Transactions |
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84 |
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4. |
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Corporate Governance, Directors and Officers |
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85 |
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5. |
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New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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86 |
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6. |
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Employment-Related Agreements and Compensation Programs |
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86 |
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7. |
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Dissolution of Official Committees |
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87 |
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8. |
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Preservation of Rights of Action by the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors; Recovery Actions |
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87 |
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9. |
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Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies |
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87 |
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10. |
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Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests |
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88 |
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11. |
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Releases |
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88 |
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12. |
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Exculpation |
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89 |
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13. |
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Injunction |
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89 |
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14. |
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Termination of Certain Subordination Rights and Settlement of Related Claims and Controversies |
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90 |
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15. |
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Litigation Trust |
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90 |
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16. |
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Special Provisions Regarding Insured Claims |
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91 |
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17. |
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Cancellation and Surrender of Instruments, Securities and Other Documentation |
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92 |
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18. |
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Settlement Pool |
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92 |
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19. |
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Release of Liens |
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92 |
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20. |
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Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes |
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92 |
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B. |
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Transactions on the Effective Date |
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93 |
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C. |
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Exit Facility |
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94 |
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D. |
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Provisions Governing Distributions Under the Plan and for Resolving and Treating Contested Claims |
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94 |
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1. |
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General |
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94 |
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2. |
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Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests |
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94 |
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3. |
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Distributions on Account of Bondholder Claims |
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94 |
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4. |
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Compensation and Reimbursement for Services Related to Distributions |
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94 |
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5. |
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Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserves |
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95 |
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6. |
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Delivery of Distributions and Undeliverable or Unclaimed Distributions |
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96 |
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7. |
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Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed |
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97 |
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8. |
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Distribution Record Date |
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99 |
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9. |
|
Means of Cash Payments |
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99 |
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10. |
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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate |
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99 |
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11. |
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Establishment of Reserves |
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100 |
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12. |
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Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities |
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100 |
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13. |
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Withholding and Reporting Requirements |
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100 |
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14. |
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Setoffs |
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101 |
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15. |
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Application of Distributions |
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101 |
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16. |
|
Treatment of Disputed Claims |
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101 |
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17. |
|
No Distributions Until Allowance; No Settlement Payments Unless Allowance by Effective Date |
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102 |
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18. |
|
Prosecution of Objections to Claims and Authority to Amend Schedules |
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102 |
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19. |
|
Distributions on Account of Disputed Claims Once Allowed |
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102 |
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20. |
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Consent to Resolution of Certain Disputes |
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103 |
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XII. |
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ALTERNATIVES TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN |
|
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103 |
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A. |
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Liquidation Under Chapter 7 |
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103 |
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B. |
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Alternative Plan of Reorganization or Liquidation |
|
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103 |
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XIII. |
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PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
|
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104 |
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XIV. |
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CERTAIN RISK FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED |
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104 |
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A. |
|
Certain Bankruptcy Considerations |
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105 |
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1. |
|
Risk of Liquidation or Protracted Reorganization |
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105 |
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2. |
|
Non-Confirmation of the Plan |
|
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105 |
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B. |
|
Risks Relating to New Dana Holdcos Financial Condition |
|
|
105 |
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1. |
|
Historical Financial Information Will Not Be Comparable |
|
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105 |
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2. |
|
Dana Companies U.S. Operations Might Not Be Profitable Post-Emergence |
|
|
105 |
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3. |
|
Restrictions Imposed by Indebtedness |
|
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106 |
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4. |
|
Security Interests |
|
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106 |
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5. |
|
Projections |
|
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106 |
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6. |
|
Reorganized Debtors Business Plans |
|
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106 |
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C. |
|
General Economic Risk Factors and Risks Specific to the Business of the Dana Companies |
|
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107 |
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1. |
|
Adverse Effects of Terrorism or Hostilities |
|
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107 |
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2. |
|
Risk that Union Settlement Agreements Are Not Implemented |
|
|
107 |
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3. |
|
The Dana Companies Asbestos-Related Product Liability Claims |
|
|
107 |
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4. |
|
Potential Adverse Impact of Environmental Compliance Costs |
|
|
107 |
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D. |
|
Risks Related to the Securities |
|
|
107 |
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1. |
|
Dividends Are Not Anticipated; Lack of Dividends May Limit Investor Demand |
|
|
107 |
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2. |
|
Risks Associated with Receipt and Ownership of New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
|
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107 |
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3. |
|
No Established Market for New Dana Holdco Common Stock; Volatility is possible |
|
|
107 |
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4. |
|
Holders of Shares of New Preferred Stock Will Be Restricted in Their Ability to Transfer or |
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Resell Their Shares |
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108 |
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5. |
|
There Is No Established Market for Shares of New Preferred Stock, Which Means There Are |
|
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|
Uncertainties Regarding the Prices and Terms on Which Holders Could Dispose of Their Shares, |
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If at All |
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108 |
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6. |
|
One of the New Dana Holdco Shareholders Will Acquire a Significant Degree of Influence on |
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the Matters Presented to the Shareholders |
|
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109 |
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7. |
|
Treatment of Claims |
|
|
109 |
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XV. |
|
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN |
|
|
109 |
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|
A. |
|
General |
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109 |
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B. |
|
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Debtors |
|
|
110 |
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1. |
|
Cancellation of Debt Income |
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110 |
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2. |
|
Limitation on NOL Carryforwards |
|
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110 |
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3. |
|
Alternative Minimum Tax |
|
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111 |
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4. |
|
Restructuring Transactions |
|
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111 |
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|
C. |
|
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of Claims |
|
|
111 |
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1. |
|
Definition of Securities |
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111 |
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2. |
|
Holders of Claims Constituting Tax Securities |
|
|
111 |
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3. |
|
Holders of Claims Not Constituting Tax Securities |
|
|
112 |
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D. |
|
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of Interests |
|
|
113 |
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E. |
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Certain Other Tax Considerations for Holders of Claims or Interests |
|
|
113 |
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1. |
|
Tax Treatment of the Exercise or Lapse of Series B Rights |
|
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113 |
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2. |
|
Payments from Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve |
|
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113 |
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3. |
|
Accrued but Unpaid Interest |
|
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113 |
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4. |
|
Post-Effective Date Distributions |
|
|
114 |
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5. |
|
Reinstatement of Claims |
|
|
114 |
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6. |
|
Bad Debt and/or Worthless Securities Deduction |
|
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114 |
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7. |
|
Market Discount |
|
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114 |
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8. |
|
Installment Method |
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114 |
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9. |
|
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding |
|
|
114 |
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F. |
|
Importance of Obtaining Professional Tax Assistance |
|
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115 |
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XVI. |
|
APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS |
|
|
115 |
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A. |
|
General |
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115 |
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1. |
|
New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
|
|
115 |
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2. |
|
New Dana Holdco Preferred Stock |
|
|
115 |
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3. |
|
Exit Facility |
|
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116 |
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B. |
|
Bankruptcy Code Exemptions from Registration Requirements for New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
|
|
116 |
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1. |
|
Initial Offer and Sale |
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116 |
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2. |
|
Subsequent Transfers |
|
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116 |
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3. |
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Subsequent Transfers Under State Law |
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117 |
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4. |
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Certain Transactions by Stockbrokers |
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117 |
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C. |
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Restrictions on Transfer of New Preferred Stock |
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118 |
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XVII. |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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118 |
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XVIII. |
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RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION |
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119 |
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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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Exhibit C: |
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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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Exhibit G: |
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B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, dated October 18, 2007 |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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1113/1114 Litigation |
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32 |
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503(b)(9) Claims |
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60 |
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AAG |
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18 |
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Acquired Bond Claims |
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38 |
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Administrative Order |
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16 |
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Affiliate |
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38 |
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Affinia |
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27 |
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Affinia APA |
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27 |
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Affinia Claims |
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28 |
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Affinia Note |
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27 |
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Affinia Parties |
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28 |
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Affinia Rejection Motion |
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27 |
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AICPA |
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80 |
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AMT |
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111 |
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AMTI |
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111 |
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Annual Limitation |
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110 |
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Appaloosa |
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34 |
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Appaloosa Offer |
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34 |
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Approval and Procedures Order |
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5 |
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Arbitration |
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26 |
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ARPC |
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67 |
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ARS Program |
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17 |
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Asbestos Personal Injury Claims |
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66 |
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Asbestos Personal Injury Liabilities |
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66 |
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ASG |
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12 |
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Attorney General |
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16 |
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Axle Agreements |
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25 |
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B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter |
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52 |
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B-2 Backstop Investors |
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52 |
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Bankruptcy Code |
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1 |
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Bankruptcy Court |
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1 |
|
Bankruptcy Rules |
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5 |
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BMC |
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4 |
|
Bondholder Claims |
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38 |
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Bondholder Record Date |
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38 |
|
Bondholders |
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17 |
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Bonds |
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17 |
|
Brake Parts |
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27 |
|
Business Continuity Requirement |
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110 |
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Call Option |
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25 |
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CashPlus Plan |
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31 |
|
CDE |
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14 |
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Centerbridge |
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5 |
|
CEO |
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13 |
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CERCLA |
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14 |
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CFO |
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13 |
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Challenge Period |
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22 |
|
Chapter 11 Cases |
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1 |
|
Chrysler |
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12 |
|
Claims |
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38 |
|
COD |
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110 |
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Common Control with |
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38 |
|
Company |
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12 |
|
Company Disclosure Letter |
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44 |
|
Confirmation Hearing |
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5 |
|
Contingent Interest |
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111 |
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Control |
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38 |
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Controlled by |
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38 |
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Controlling |
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38 |
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Coupled Products |
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26 |
|
CRA |
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27 |
|
CUVs |
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12 |
|
DAF |
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17 |
|
Dana |
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1 |
|
Dana Companies |
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105 |
|
Dana Material Adverse Effect |
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46 |
|
Dana Mauritius |
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29 |
|
DCC |
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18 |
|
Debtors |
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1 |
|
Defense Department |
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14 |
|
Demand Registration |
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56 |
|
Derivative Claim |
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89 |
|
DESC |
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19 |
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DIL |
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29 |
|
DIP Credit Agreement |
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22 |
|
DIP Order |
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22 |
|
Disclosure Statement |
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1 |
|
Dispute Resolution |
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49 |
|
Divestiture Program |
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24 |
|
DOI |
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16 |
|
Dongfeng |
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29 |
|
Dongfeng Dana Axle |
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29 |
|
EBITDAR |
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23 |
|
EPA |
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14 |
|
EPA Claim |
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14 |
|
EPA Claim Objection |
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15 |
|
EPA Withdrawal Motion |
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15 |
|
Equity Committee |
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20 |
|
Estimation Motion |
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15 |
|
European Purchaser |
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29 |
|
European Sellers |
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29 |
|
Exclusive Periods |
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22 |
|
FASB |
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|
80 |
|
First Exclusivity Motion |
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22 |
|
Ford |
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12 |
|
Funding |
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16 |
|
GE |
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29 |
|
GETRAG |
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25 |
|
Global Settlement |
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5 |
|
Global Settlement Order |
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34 |
|
GM |
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12 |
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Hamilton Avenue Site |
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14 |
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HVTSG |
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12 |
|
IAM |
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6 |
|
IDEM |
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16 |
|
Ineligible Issue |
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50 |
|
Ineligible Unsecured Claims |
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52 |
|
Interim DIP Credit Agreement |
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22 |
|
Investors |
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56 |
|
IRC |
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109 |
|
IRS |
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|
109 |
|
ITAR Assets |
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|
26 |
|
-ix-
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|
LIBOR |
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23 |
|
Liquidation Analysis |
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|
103 |
|
Loan Agreement |
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29 |
|
MAHLE |
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25 |
|
Mailing Deadline |
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4 |
|
Master Ballot |
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4 |
|
Master Ballot Agent |
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4 |
|
Maximum Subscription |
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40 |
|
Miller Buckfire |
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|
82 |
|
Motion to Approve |
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27 |
|
Net Debt and Minority Interest |
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|
82 |
|
New Agreement |
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27 |
|
NEW DANA HOLDCO |
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2 |
|
New Equity Investment |
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|
52 |
|
New Equity Investors |
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|
52 |
|
New Investment Agreement |
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|
6 |
|
New Series A Preferred Stock |
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|
54 |
|
New Series B Preferred Stock |
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54 |
|
NJDEP |
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16 |
|
NOLs |
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|
110 |
|
NSMIA |
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|
115 |
|
NYSE |
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|
54 |
|
OEMs |
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|
18 |
|
Offering |
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|
39 |
|
Ohio EPA |
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15 |
|
Orhan |
|
|
25 |
|
Ottawa River Site |
|
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16 |
|
OUs |
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|
14 |
|
Ownership Change |
|
|
110 |
|
Participating Bonds |
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|
39 |
|
Participating Claims |
|
|
38 |
|
Participating Claims Pool |
|
|
40 |
|
P-Card |
|
|
17 |
|
Penalty |
|
|
16 |
|
Person |
|
|
38 |
|
Petition Date |
|
|
6 |
|
Piggyback Registration |
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|
56 |
|
Plan |
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|
1 |
|
Plan Amendment |
|
|
50 |
|
Plan Support Agreement |
|
|
6 |
|
Plan Term Sheet |
|
|
36 |
|
Prepetition Credit Facility |
|
|
16 |
|
Prepetition Lenders |
|
|
17 |
|
Primary Committees |
|
|
20 |
|
Primary Subscription |
|
|
40 |
|
Projections |
|
|
104 |
|
PSA Participants |
|
|
36 |
|
PSA Unsecured Claims |
|
|
36 |
|
QIB |
|
|
38 |
|
Qualified Bond Claims |
|
|
38 |
|
Qualified Investor |
|
|
38 |
|
Qualified Trade Claims |
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|
39 |
|
Registrable Securities |
|
|
56 |
|
Registration Rights Agreement |
|
|
56 |
|
Re-Sourcing Motion |
|
|
27 |
|
Restructuring |
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|
5 |
|
Restructuring Initiatives |
|
|
30 |
|
Retiree Committee |
|
|
22 |
|
RI/FS |
|
|
14 |
|
ROD |
|
|
14 |
|
RPA |
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|
29 |
|
SEC |
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|
2 |
|
Second Exclusivity Motion |
|
|
22 |
|
Section 16 |
|
|
117 |
|
Securities Act |
|
|
38 |
|
Senior Executives |
|
|
28 |
|
Series B Rights |
|
|
111 |
|
Settlement Pool |
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|
52 |
|
Shareholders Agreement |
|
|
57 |
|
Spicer Mexico |
|
|
19 |
|
SRSNE Site |
|
|
15 |
|
Subscription Agent |
|
|
40 |
|
Subscription Agreement |
|
|
40 |
|
Subscription Deadline |
|
|
40 |
|
Supply Contracts |
|
|
26 |
|
Supporting Creditors |
|
|
5 |
|
SUVs |
|
|
12 |
|
Sypris |
|
|
26 |
|
Sypris DC Claim |
|
|
27 |
|
Sypris Stipulation |
|
|
27 |
|
Sypris TTM Claim |
|
|
27 |
|
Tax Dispute |
|
|
27 |
|
Tax Refund |
|
|
27 |
|
Threshold Amount |
|
|
39 |
|
Trade Claims |
|
|
39 |
|
Trade Claims Record Date |
|
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39 |
|
Transaction Documents |
|
|
42 |
|
Turnover Action |
|
|
27 |
|
U.K. |
|
|
28 |
|
U.S. Trustee |
|
|
20 |
|
UAW |
|
|
21 |
|
Undersubscription Allocation |
|
|
41 |
|
Undersubscription Pool |
|
|
41 |
|
Undersubscription Subscribers |
|
|
41 |
|
Union Settlement Agreements |
|
|
6 |
|
Unions |
|
|
5 |
|
USW |
|
|
21 |
|
VEBA |
|
|
6 |
|
Voting Agent |
|
|
4 |
|
Voting Deadline |
|
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4 |
|
Washington Township Site |
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|
16 |
|
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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 third amended disclosure statement (the Disclosure Statement)
pursuant to section 1125 of title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code), in
connection with the solicitation of votes on their Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization,
dated October 23, 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 entitled to vote under the Plan must follow for their votes to be
counted.
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 October 23, 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 OF 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 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 CHARGE,
UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. IN ADDITION, THE PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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(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 LAWS.
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, THE NEW INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, AND VII.F.5, SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS,
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING RIGHTS PROVIDED TO CERTAIN HOLDERS OF DEBT SECURITIES OR
TRADE CLAIMS OF DANA WHO WILL BE ABLE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR SHARES OF 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 SUBSCRIBE FOR SHARES OF NEW PREFERRED STOCK PURSUANT TO THE
OFFERING DESCRIBED IN THOSE SECTIONS UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A DULY EXECUTED SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AS
DESCRIBED IN SECTION VII.F.5 HEREOF TO THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT FOR THE OFFERING PRIOR TO 5 P.M.
EASTERN TIME ON DECEMBER 5, 2007 AND COMPLY WITH THE OTHER INSTRUCTIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS VII.C
AND VII.F.5 HEREOF.
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 ANY NON-BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, NOR SHALL IT BE CONSTRUED TO BE
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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.
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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
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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
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Holders of Claims in Class 6D (Section 510(b) Securities Claims Against the
Consolidated Debtors), Interests in Class 7A (Old Common Stock of Dana) and Claims in
Class 7B (Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors) will
be impaired under the Plan. Because the Debtors do not currently anticipate that such
holders will receive any distributions pursuant to the Plan, and consistent with the
language of section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class 6D Claim, a
Class 7A Interest and a Class 7B Claim will be deemed to have rejected the Plan.
Accordingly, holders of Class 6D Claims, Class 7A Interests and Class 7B Claims 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 (General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated
Debtors), Class 5C (Union Claim) and Class 6C (DCC Claim) because those Claims are
impaired under the Plan, and the holders of Allowed Claims in such Classes are
receiving a distribution under the Plan on account of such Allowed Claims. The holders
of such Claims 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.
The Solicitation Package will contain:
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A cover letter describing (a) the contents of the Solicitation Package, (b) the
contents of any enclosed CD-ROM and instructions for use of the CD-ROM and (c)
information about how to obtain, at no charge, hard copies of any materials provided on
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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.
The Disclosure Statement and the Plan, including exhibits, total nearly 1,000 pages in
length. Accordingly, to reduce substantially the administrative costs associated with
printing and mailing such a voluminous document, the Debtors may elect to serve the
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Disclosure Statement and the Plan (including exhibits) via CD-ROM instead of in
printed format to all parties (while reserving the right to serve printed copies of
the Solicitation Packages, as described below). Should the Debtors elect to serve
printed copies of the Solicitation Packages, the Debtors propose to exclude from the
Solicitation Packages all exhibits to the Plan and the Disclosure Statement that
contain publicly available documents previously filed by the Debtors with the SEC.
In addition to the service procedures outlined above (and to accommodate creditors
who wish to review exhibits not included in the Solicitation Packages in the event of
paper service): (a) the Plan, the Disclosure Statement and, once they are filed, all
exhibits to both documents will be made available at no charge via the internet at
http://www.dana.bmcgroup.com and http:/www.danacreditorcommittee.com;
(b) the Debtors will provide parties in interest (at no charge) with hard copies of
the Plan and/or Disclosure Statement (excluding any publicly filed exhibits) upon
written request; and (c) the Debtors will separately file copies of all exhibits to
the Plan and Disclosure Statement with the Court no later than five days before the
Confirmation Hearing, provided, however, that Exhibits II.E.1.a, II.E.1.c, II.E.4 and
II.E.5 to the Plan will be filed no later than five Business Days prior to the Voting
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Paper copies of any letters from (a) the Debtors, recommending acceptance of
the Plan and (b) certain other constituencies setting forth their recommendations with
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For holders of Claims in voting Classes, an appropriate form of Ballot, a
Ballot return envelope and such other materials as the Court may direct (Ballots are
provided only to holders of Claims in Classes 2C, 5B, 5C and 6C the Classes of Claims
that are entitled to vote on the Plan). |
In addition, holders of Claims who may be Qualified Investors or hold Ineligible Unsecured
Claims will receive a Certification of Holder of Ineligible Unsecured Claims, Subscription
Agreement and instructions for purposes of the offering of New Preferred Stock described in Section
VII.C, The New Investment Agreement.
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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. Ballots should not be sent to the Debtors or the Indenture Trustee.
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), which Master Ballots may be submitted by facsimile,
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 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 (1) hold Claims in more than one voting Class, or (2) hold multiple Claims within one
Class, including if you (a) hold more than one issue of Bonds, (b) are the beneficial owner of
Bonds held in street name through more than one broker, bank, dealer, agent or other nominee (each
a Master Ballot Agent) or (c) are the beneficial owner of Bonds registered in your own
name as well as the beneficial owner of Bonds registered in street name, you may receive more than
one Ballot. If you are the beneficial owner of Bonds held in street name through one or more
Master Ballot Agents, for your vote(s) with respect to such Bonds to be counted, your Ballot(s)
must be mailed to the appropriate Master Ballot Agent(s) at the address(es) on the envelope(s)
enclosed with your Ballot(s) so that it(they) is(are) received by 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on
November 23, 2007 (the Mailing Deadline). All other Ballots, in order to be counted,
must be properly completed in accordance with the voting instructions on the Ballot and received no
later than November 28, 2007, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) (the Voting Deadline) by BMC
Group, Inc. (BMC), via (a) regular mail at Dana Voting Agent, 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.
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If you are a holder of a Claim 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, 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, at +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 and 6C 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 are classified for voting purposes and how votes will
be tabulated.
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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 Approval and Procedures Order), 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 December 10, 2007 at 10:00 a..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).
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 Partners, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (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
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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 $790 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
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
defined contributions to a multi-employer pension plan known as the Steelworkers
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
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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
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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
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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 that are 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.
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Unimpaired. On the Effective Date, each holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class 1A or 1B will receive Cash
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $1.0 million
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Classes 2A Secured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors Other Than
the Port Authority Secured Claim: Means Claims against the Consolidated
Debtors (other than the Port Authority Secured 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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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 equal to the amount of such Allowed Claim, (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 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 5B, if not subordinated to Class
5B 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
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $4.0 million
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Classes 2B Secured Claims Against EFMG: Means Claims against EFMG
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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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 equal to the
amount of such Allowed Claim, (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 (1) 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 (2) 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
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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
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Aggregate Allowed Amount: $18.875 million
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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. Solely
with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, the
automatic stay imposed by section 362 of the
Bankruptcy Code will be terminated as of the date
that is 60 days after the Effective Date and,
pursuant to section 108(c) of the Bankruptcy Code,
the applicable statute of limitations with respect
to any such Claim that did not expire prior to the
Petition Date will cease to be tolled as of that
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Class 4 Convenience Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors: Consist
of General Unsecured Claims (other than Bondholder Claims and
Participating Claims) against any of the Consolidated Debtors that
otherwise would be classified in Class 5B, but, with respect to each such
Claim, either (1) the aggregate amount of such Claim is equal to or less
than $5,000 or (2) the aggregate amount of such Claim 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; provided,
however, that where any portion(s) of a single Claim has been transferred
to a transferee, (1) the amount of all such portions will be aggregated
to determine whether a Claim qualifies as a Convenience Claim and for
purposes of the Convenience Claim election and (2) unless all transferees
make the Convenience Claim election on the applicable Ballots, the
Convenience Claim election will not be recognized for such Claim.
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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.55 of the
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $10.0 million
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Class 5A General Unsecured Claims Against EFMG: Consist of any Claim
against EFMG and, only if applicable, Postpetition Interest and
Post-Effective Date Interest, that is not an Administrative Claim,
Secured Claim, Cure Amount Claim, Priority Claim, Priority Tax Claim,
Section 510(b) Securities Claim, Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claim,
Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, DCC Claim, Prepetition Intercompany Claim
or 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.
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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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Class 5B General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors:
Consist of any Claim against the Consolidated Debtors and, only if
applicable, Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date Interest, that
is not an Administrative Claim, Secured Claim, Cure Amount Claim,
Priority Claim, Priority Tax Claim, Section 510(b) Securities Claim,
Section 510(b) Old Common Stock Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim,
DCC Claim, Prepetition Intercompany Claim, the Union Claim or Convenience
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.
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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 (b) after the
Effective Date, such periodic distributions of
Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash as
are set forth in Section VI.G.5.b of the Plan. |
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Estimated Aggregate Allowed Amount: $2.5 billion $3 billion
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Assumes a range of total General Unsecured Claims from
$2.5 billion to $3.0 billion, with $3.25 billion being the cap on General
Unsecured Claims pursuant to the Plan Support Agreement. Based on the Debtors
current review and estimation of the pool of potential General Unsecured Claims
Against the Consolidated Debtors, the Debtors presently estimate that the
amount of General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors in Class 5B
that will ultimately be allowed in the Chapter 11 Cases will not exceed
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Class 5C Union Claim: Consists of the Claim of the Unions arising out
of the Union Settlement Agreements, asserted by the Unions in the
aggregate amount of $1.1 billion.
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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: $1.1 billion
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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 that arose prior to the Petition Date.
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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. |
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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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Class 6D Section 510(b) Securities Claims Against the Consolidated
Debtors: Consist of any Claim against any of the Debtors: (a) arising
from rescission of a purchase or sale of a Bond or any other security of
a Consolidated Debtor other than Old Common Stock; (b) for damages
arising from the purchase or sale of a Bond or any other security of a
Consolidated Debtor other than Old Common Stock; or (c) for reimbursement
or contribution allowed under section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code on
account of such a Claim.
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Impaired. On Effective Date, Section 510(b)
Securities Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors
in Class 6D 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 6D to receive, to the extent holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 5B have been paid in full
plus Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date
Interest, its Pro Rata share of any remaining
Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Debtors
do not currently anticipate that holders of Class 6D
Claims will receive any distribution pursuant to the
Plan, and consistent with the language of section
1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a
Class 6D Claim will be deemed to have rejected the
Plan. |
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Aggregate Claim Amount: $0
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Estimated Percentage Recovery: 0% |
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Description and Amount |
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of Claims or Interests |
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Treatment |
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 and 6D have
been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest and
Post-Effective Date 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
(which are pari passu with Allowed Interests in
Class 7A), of any remaining Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, because the Debtors do not currently
anticipate that holders of Class 7A Interests will
receive any distribution pursuant to the Plan, and
consistent with the language of section 1126(g) of
the Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class 7A
Interest will be deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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Old Common Stock Outstanding at July 31, 2007: 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: (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.
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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 and 6D have
been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest and
Post-Effective Date Interest, its Pro Rata share and
taking into account Allowed Interests in Class 7A
(which are pari passu with Allowed Claims in Class
7B), of any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
because the Debtors do not currently anticipate that
holders of Class 7B Claims will receive any
distribution pursuant to the Plan, and consistent
with the language of section 1126(g) of the
Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class 7B Claim
will be deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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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.
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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% |
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If New Dana Holdco is valued at the midpoint reorganization value of $3,996 million,
recoveries to holders of Allowed Unsecured Claims in Class 5B would be the following:
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Total Claims Amount |
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Estimated Recovery for Class 5B |
Between $2.5 billion and $2.75 billion
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78% to 86% |
Between $2.75 billion and $3 billion
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72% to 78% |
Based on the Debtors current review and estimation of the pool of potential General Unsecured
Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors, the Debtors presently estimate that the amount of General
Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors in Class 5B that will ultimately be allowed in
the Chapter 11 Cases will not exceed $3 billion. See Certain Risk Factors to be Considered
Risk Related to the Securities Treatment of Claims.
III.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEBTORS
A. The Business and Legal Proceedings
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), which 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.
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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.
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Class Action Lawsuit and Derivative Actions |
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 and
named 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 and
concluded 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. In September 2007, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal from the
U.S. District Courts order and judgment.
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. An
amended complaint filed in August 2006 added non-derivative class claims on behalf of holders of
Dana shares on the Petition Date 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 and
deferred 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 and concluded that, it is distinctly the province of bankruptcy law to determine
liability for improper actions relating to bankruptcy filings. In August 2007, the plaintiff
filed a notice of appeal from the District Courts order and judgment. A second shareholder
derivative action, Steven Staehr v. Michael J. Burns, et al., remains stayed in the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
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 filings and the
Debtors continue to cooperate fully with the SEC in the investigation.
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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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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.
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Asbestos-Related Product Liabilities |
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. Danas probable insurance recovery for the projected
liability for pending asbestos-related product liability claims and projected demands is $71
million. See The Plan Treatment of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
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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 certain of the Debtors
presently are among 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
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$55 million for OU-3 and OU-4, respectively, plus additional indirect costs of $50 million.
The government has indicated that all of the foregoing figures included in the EPA Claim for OU-1
through OU-4 are estimates that the government anticipates will increase, and any such increase in
these estimates may be material.
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. On
September 5, 2007, the Debtors filed a motion (the Estimation Motion) to establish
procedures to estimate the EPA Claim and other Claims of the EPA for all purposes in these Chapter
11 Cases. Furthermore, on September 7, 2007, the Debtors filed an objection with respect to these
Claims (the EPA Claim Objection). In the EPA Claim Objection, the Debtors raised a
variety of defenses to the asserted liabilities relating to the Hamilton Avenue Site including,
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. By an Order of
the Bankruptcy Court dated September 25, 2007 (the Estimation Procedures Order), the Estimation
Motion was granted, and the Bankruptcy Court set a briefing and discovery schedule for these
matters, concluding with a hearing on the EPA Claim Objection and the final estimation of the EPA
Claim (and other Claims of the EPA) on January 14, 2008. Discovery relating to these matters is
underway.
On September 18, 2007, the government filed a motion to withdraw the reference, with respect
to the EPA Claim Objection and the related estimation of the EPAs Claims (the EPA Withdrawal
Motion), seeking to have these matters heard by the District Court for the Southern District
of New York rather than the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors have opposed the relief sought in the
EPA Withdrawal Motion, which currently is scheduled to be heard by the District Court on October
25, 2007.
Concurrently with filing the EPA Withdrawal Motion, the government filed a motion to stay
proceedings relating to the EPA Claim Objection, including discovery and other litigation
activities provided under the Estimation Procedures Order, pending a decision on the EPA Withdrawal
Motion. On October 3, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court denied the stay motion. Later that day, the
District Court likewise denied the governments request for a stay, but ordered a 60-day extension
of the discovery period and an undetermined extension of the final estimation hearing.
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 and asserted
unliquidated amounts in excess of approximately $64 million with respect to these sites. As with
the Claims relating to the Hamilton Avenue Site, the government has indicated that the asserted
Claims for other sites are estimates that the government anticipates will increase, and any such
increase in these estimates may be material. 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 that 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. Subject to
documentation, the parties have agreed to resolve the Debtors liabilities relating to the SRSNE
Site by granting the EPA a General Unsecured Claim in the amount of $18,000.
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
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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 Ohio 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.
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.
Department of Law and Public Safety of the Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey
On September 5, 2007, the Department of Law and Public Safety of the Office of the Attorney
General for the State of New Jersey (the Attorney General) filed a letter with the
Bankruptcy Court on behalf of the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection (the
NJDEP) informing the Bankruptcy Court and parties in interest of the NJDEPs position
with respect to certain alleged environmental liabilities of the Debtors related to property
located at 242 Delsea Drive, Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (the
Washington Township Site). Specifically, the Attorney Generals letter sets forth the
NJDEPs position that, pursuant to an Administrative Order and Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment
(the Administrative Order) issued by the NJDEP on March 15, 2007 and a Remediation
Agreement between Dana and the NJDEP dated February 19, 2000, Dana is obliged to (i) maintain an
environmental remediation funding source (the Funding) in the amount of $100,000 for the
payment of environmental remediation costs related to the Washington Township Site and (ii) pay an
administrative penalty (the Penalty) related to Danas alleged Funding obligations in the
amount of $5,000.
Danas chapter 11 estate does not own or operate, and has never owned or operated, the
Washington Township Site (which was sold by Dana in 1999). The Debtors believe that because (a)
Danas chapter 11 estate does not own or operate, and has never owned or operated, the Washington
Township Site and (b) the NJDEP has failed to demonstrate any imminent threat to public health and
safety emanating from the Washington Township Site, under applicable precedent, the NJDEPs claims
against Danas estate (including any claims related to the Funding or the Penalty) are not entitled
to administrative priority in these Chapter 11 Cases, are dischargeable therein and may not be paid
outside of the Plan and both the imposition of the Administrative Order and the attempt to collect
the Penalty are violative of section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The NJDEP disagrees with the
Debtors position.
The NJDEP has filed a proof of claim in Danas chapter 11 case asserting a liquidated General
Unsecured Claim against Danas chapter 11 estate in the amount of $360.63 on account of oversight
fees relating to Washington Township Site.
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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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
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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 and has asserted
that there are several avoidance actions against the Prepetition Lenders that the Creditors
Committee believes may be warranted.
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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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
and 200 million of 9% notes, due August 15,
2011
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$119,530,445
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.
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Prepetition Financing Programs |
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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.
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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 approximately $10 million. These outstanding
obligations were paid from borrowings under the DIP Credit Agreement. The P-Card program was
continued postpetition.
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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 Debtors provided lease financing services in selected markets
through a subsidiary, Dana Credit Corporation (DCC). In 2001, the Debtors determined
that the wind down of DCCs businesses would enable them to focus more sharply on their core
businesses. Since then, DCC has sold significant portions of its asset portfolio and thereby
reduced this portfolio from $2.2 billion of assets in December 2001 to approximately $83 million at
June 30, 2007. The Debtors have recorded asset impairments on account of such sales. See also
The Chapter 11 Cases DCC Liquidation.
The Debtors were 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.
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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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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.
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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
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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. This transaction was approved by the Bankruptcy Court by
an order entered on June 20, 2006.
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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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 caused by the chapter 11 filing 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.
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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
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P. Schoenfeld Asset
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Sypris Technologies, Inc. |
520 Madison Avenue
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LLC3
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33rd Floor
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1350 Avenue of the Americas
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Louisville, Kentucky 40222 |
New York, New York 10022
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Attn. John R. McGeeney |
Attn. James J. McGinley
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New York, New York 10019
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Attn. Peter Faulkner and Tyler R. Greif |
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The Timken Company
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International Union, United
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Julio Gonzalez, Jr. as Special |
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.
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Automobile, Aerospace and
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Administrator of the Estate |
Canton, Ohio 44706-0927
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Agricultural Implement
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of Julio Gonzalez, deceased |
Attn. John Skurek,
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Workers of America (UAW)
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103 Chipola Road |
Vice President Treasury
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8000 East Jefferson Avenue
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Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931 |
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Detroit, Michigan 48214
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c/o John Cooney, Esq. |
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Cooney and Conway |
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Associate General Counsel
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120 North LaSalle, 30th Floor |
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Chicago, Illinois 60602 |
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United Steel, Paper and
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Dune Capital LLC |
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Forestry, Rubber,
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c/o Dune Capital Management
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Manufacturing, Energy Allied
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623 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor |
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Industrial and Service Workers
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New York, New York 10022 |
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International Union (USW)
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Attn. Jon Lukomnik |
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Five Gateway Center, Room 807
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Sinclair Capital LLC |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
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924 West End Avenue, Suite T-4 |
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New York, New York 10025 |
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1177 Avenue of the Americas |
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On June 27, 2006, the U.S. Trustee appointed the Equity Committee. The Equity Committee was
disbanded on 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.
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On April 27, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court approved the
information blocking policies and procedures implemented by P. Schoenfeld Asset
Management, LLC to isolate its trading activities from its activities as a
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information blocking policies and procedures implemented by Dune Capital LLC to
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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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926 Emerald Bay Drive
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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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Edward J. Cole |
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Fort Wayne, Indiana 46825 |
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Motion to Appoint Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants |
On March 29, 2006, certain parties alleging asbestosrelated 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.
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
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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. The Challenge Period for the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc
Bondholders Committee to contest or challenge any and all liens and claims relative to, and the
payment of, the waiver fee 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 and (2) the date on which the
adequacy of any disclosure statement filed in the Debtors Chapter 11 Cases is approved by order of
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 100 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 date on which the adequacy of any disclosure
statement filed in the Chapter 11 Cases is approved by an order of 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 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 have granted a security interest in and lien
on effectively all of their 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.
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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.
As of October 1, 2007, the outstanding principal amount of DCC Bonds was approximately $136
million. The Debtors expect that DCC would liquidate the majority of its remaining assets no later
than March 31, 2008. However, since the Effective Date is presumed to occur by December 31, 2007,
the balance of DCC Bonds on such date is estimated to be approximately $115 million. 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 proceeds of any remaining DCC collateral
liquidated by the Reorganized Debtors will, thus, be retained by the Reorganized Debtors.
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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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 amount received by the Debtors was
approximately $28 million after adjustments.
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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
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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. After execution of the
purchase agreement, pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order, the Debtors re-marketed the transaction
but 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, which
since have been satisfied. The cash proceeds of the sale were approximately $97 million, of which
$12 million is escrowed pending satisfaction of certain indemnification provisions, and MAHLE
assumed certain liabilities of the purchased operations at closing.
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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 its 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 remained subject to Bankruptcy Court approval and certain governmental antitrust
approvals. The Axle Agreements were amended on September 27, 2007. The Bankruptcy Court approved
the Axle Agreements, as amended, on October 17, 2007.
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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 by
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.Ş. (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 to be paid to the Debtors 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.
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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 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 approved this amendment on September 19, 2007, and the parties
closed the transaction on September 21, 2007. At closing, Coupled Products assumed certain
liabilities of the business, and the parties entered into agreements under which Dana will provide
certain transition services to Coupled Products.
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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. Dana completed the sale of the aftermarket
pumps portion of the business to Industria Paulista de Componentes Limitada, a Brazilian sociedade
empresária limitada as of October 10, 2007. Dana is continuing to pursue the sale of the original
equipment pumps portion of the non-core pumps 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, thus 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. Sypris
contends that it withheld shipments prior to the Dana filing because Dana missed its $21 million
interest payment and Danas counsel allegedly refused to provide any assurance of payment. Sypris
also contends that it had raised with Dana, before March 6, 2006, its allegations concerning
various contract breaches. Accordingly, on March 6, 2006, the Debtors filed a Notice of
Repudiating Vendor concerning Sypris. After a hearing on March 6, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court
issued an agreed 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-
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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. The Affinia Group, Inc. Claims
On July 8, 2004, Dana and Affinia Group, Inc. (then known as AAG Opco Corp.)
(Affinia) entered into that certain Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (the Affinia
APA), which provided for, among other things, the acquisition by Affinia of substantially all
of Danas aftermarket business operations, including the acquisition of Brake Parts Canada Inc.
(Brake Parts) and certain other direct or indirect subsidiaries of Dana. Consideration
for the sale included approximately $1.1 billion in cash, a note issued by Affinia Group Holdings
Inc. to Dana in the face amount of $74.5 million (the Affinia Note) and the assumption of
certain liabilities. The transactions contemplated by the Affinia APA closed on November 30, 2004.
At the time of execution of the Affinia APA, the pre-closing tax liabilities of Brake Parts
for the years 1990 2004 were the subject of a dispute between Dana, the IRS and the Canada
Revenue Agency (the CRA), regarding the pricing of certain intracompany transactions (the
Tax Dispute). After the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Affinia APA, the
underlying Tax Dispute was resolved and the CRA agreed, among other things, that a tax overpayment
would be refunded, with accumulated interest, to Brake Parts in the estimated amount of
approximately $32.5 million (U.S. dollars) (the Tax Refund). Some or all of the Tax
Refund has been paid to Brake Parts, which is now a subsidiary of Affinia.
Dana believes that the Tax Refund is an Excluded Asset under the Affinia APA and , therefore,
the Tax Refund is property of Danas bankruptcy estate. This contention is disputed by Affinia.
Accordingly, on September 26, 2007, Dana commenced an adversary proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court
captioned Dana Corporation v. Affinia Group Inc. f/k/a AAG Opco Corp. and Affinia Canada Corp. (In
re Dana Corp.), Adv. Pro. No. 07-02059 (the Turnover Action), seeking turnover of the Tax
Refund from Affinia pursuant to section 542(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Thereafter, on October 3,
2007, Dana filed a motion in the Bankruptcy Court (the Affinia Rejection Motion) seeking
to reject the Affinia APA and a nonexclusive license agreement between Dana and Affinia relating to
Danas Spicer trademark, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Turnover Action and
the Affinia Rejection Motion remain pending. Affinia has advised the Company that it disputes
Danas allegations and intends to vigorously oppose the Turnover Action and the Affinia Rejection
Motion.
Under the Affinia APA, Dana had numerous post-closing contractual obligations to Affinia,
which existed as of the Petition Date. Affinia alleges certain of these obligations have been
breached by Dana. The obligations allegedly breached include an obligation to indemnify Affinia
with respect to a variety of ongoing litigation matters. In addition, Affinia asserts that it is
entitled to certain tax and environmental indemnifications. Under the Affinia APA, certain
representations, warranties and covenants made by Dana survived the closing, and Affinia has
asserted claims related to these representations, warranties and covenants. Under the Affinia
Rejection Motion, Dana now seeks to reject both the
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Affinia APA and the Spicer license. Accordingly, as a result of Danas alleged breaches of
these and other obligations to Affinia under the Affinia APA and the ancillary agreements, Affinia
and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the Affinia Parties) believe that they have
certain valid claims, defenses, counterclaims, offset rights, recoupment rights and other rights
(collectively, the Affinia Claims) against Dana and certain of its affiliates under these
documents and applicable law. Affinia alleges that the Affinia Claims could exceed $50 million.
The Affinia Claims are alleged to be both independent of and related to the Companys alleged
claims and causes of action against the Affinia Parties. Affinia has indicated that such Affinia
Claims may be raised in connection with (a) the requests for relief sought in the Turnover Action
or the Affinia Rejection Motion, (b) any claims with respect to the Affinia Note; and (c) any
claims asserted by the Company pursuant to the Affinia APA or any ancillary agreement or term sheet
referenced in the Affinia APA or any schedule or exhibit thereto. The Company contests the Affinia
Claims and intends to vigorously oppose the assertion of any such Affinia Claims.
H. Executive Compensation
On June 29, 2006, Dana filed a motion to obtain authorization of the Bankruptcy Court to,
among other things, enter into employment agreements with its CEO and five key executives of his
core management team (collectively, the Senior Executives). On December 18, 2006, the
Bankruptcy Court granted Danas amended motion for authorization to assume modified executive
employment agreements and for approval of Danas long-term incentive plan. In the order, among
other things, the Bankruptcy Court allowed the following Claims of the Senior Executives: (1) in
the event that the salaried and bargained unit defined benefit pension plans are terminated, each
Senior Executive will have an Allowed General Unsecured Claim equal to the amount of pension
benefits accrued through the Petition Date, with all postpetition accruals and credits allowed and
paid as an Administrative Claim against Danas estate; (2) in the event that such plans are not
terminated on the Effective Date, the pension benefits of three Senior Executives will be assumed,
as well as 60% of the prepetition pension benefits of the CEO, who will have an Allowed General
Unsecured Claim against Danas estate equal to the remaining 40% of his prepetition pension
benefits; and (3) in the event the CEO is terminated prior to the Confirmation of the Plan, he will
have an Allowed General Unsecured Claim for damages upon termination of $4 million, with recovery
limited to $3 million less any severance actually paid under section 503(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code. Both the USW and the UAW have appealed the order. Under the terms of the Union Settlement
Agreements, the Unions are to withdraw such appeal.
The prepetition pension benefits of the CEO, calculated as of March 1, 2006, amount to
$6,860,013. Furthermore, pursuant to the order, no incentive payment is to be made to any of the
Senior Executives unless certain performance objectives, developed in consultation with the
Creditors Committee and based solely on the Debtors achieving certain levels of EBITDAR, are
satisfied. These EBITDAR levels are to be adjusted, and the incentive payments to the Senior
Executives will be reduced, to the extent unsecured claims exceed $2.850 billion. The Creditors
Committee has reserved the right to argue that the Union Settlements should be credited against the
cap.
I. Overseas Operations
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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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Postpetition, 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.
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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.
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. By an order entered by the
Bankruptcy Court on June 20, 2006, 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 axles and
driveshafts and a variety of related components. On October 17, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court
approved transactions relating to the restructuring of the Debtors Mexican affiliates, including
the conversion of the manufacturing operations from Spicer Mexico and an additional existing Dana
operation in Monterrey, Mexico into maquiladoras. The conversions are not anticipated to occur
until 2008.
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 in the
future. The research and development center will support Dongfeng Dana Axles commitment to
providing its customers with world-class manufacturing processes and axle components and systems.
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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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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 conducted to resolve under-performing programs and obtain
appropriate adjustments. The goal of these actions was to achieve $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. See The Chapter 11 Cases
Overseas Operations Pension Liability Settlement with Respect to Danas United Kingdom
Subsidiaries.
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,
pursuant to which the Debtors paid $2.25 million to the IAM to resolve all claims for non-pension
retiree benefits of retirees represented by IAM, and the Debtors further agreed 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 to be made 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. The Debtors expect to
make the final contribution by a cash payment on the Effective Date.
As part of the Global Settlement between the Debtors and the Unions that is described in
Article VII hereafter, the Debtors, the UAW and the USW entered into two separate 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 were 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. See The Chapter 11 Cases Overseas Operations 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.
See The Chapter 11 Cases Overseas Operations Asia.
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 each of the USW and
the UAW; (2) the Plan Support Agreement, dated July 26, 2007, 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 $790
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. On August 13, 2007, Appaloosa 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.
The Global Settlement Order also set forth a process for the receipt and consideration of
proposals for alternatives to the Centerbridge investment as contemplated in the Investment
Agreement 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 set forth in the Global Settlement Order, any
such final offer was to have been received by the Debtors and the Creditors Committee on or before
September 21, 2007. On that date, the Debtors and the Creditors Committee received a further
offer from Appaloosa (the Appaloosa Offer).
The Debtors and the other creditor constituencies reviewed and discussed the Appaloosa Offer
and subsequent revisions to such offer with Appaloosa and among themselves. At the same time, the
Debtors and the other creditor constituencies negotiated with Centerbridge to improve the terms of
the Investment Agreement. The result of this process was that no other offer emerged that, in the
business judgment of the Dana Board of Directors, after deliberation with its advisors, was
superior to the improved Centerbridge offer after due consideration of the value to be provided to
the estates and creditors by each proposal, the terms of the proposed investments, the benefits of
the Global Settlement and the Unions rights to terminate the Union Settlement Agreements in
connection with alternative proposals, the likelihood of timely consummation and emergence from
chapter 11 and the impact of potential delay on the Companys customers, employees and others. The
Unions informed the Debtors that they continued to support the Centerbridge proposal. The
Creditors Committee delivered a letter to the Debtors on October 12, 2007 in which it stated that:
After careful deliberation and consideration of the [r]evised
[Centerbridge] [p]roposal as well as exploring the other potential
[a]lternative [p]roposal and the benefits it provides to the Debtors
unsecured creditors, the [Creditors Committee] believes that the
implementation of the [r]evised [Centerbridge] [p]roposal is in the
best interests of the Debtors creditors. The [Creditors Committee]
further believes that the Debtors have fully complied with paragraph 11
of the [Global Settlement Order], including, but not limited to, the
requirements of Exhibit B thereto related to the Alternative Proposal
Procedures. Accordingly, the [Creditors Committee] as a fiduciary
for all unsecured creditors supports the [r]evised [Centerbridge]
[p]roposal and does not object to the request to terminate pursuit of
[a]lternative [p]roposals at this time, subject to implementation of
the [r]evised [Centerbridge] [p]roposal.
The Creditors Committee cited in the letter its understanding that the Debtors would seek
approval of the revised Centerbridge proposal by holders of at least $650 million in Dana Bonds and
that Centerbridge expected to offer participation in the B-2 Backstop to some or all such
bondholders. The Debtors believe that the terms of the revised Centerbridge proposal are in all
material respects similar to the terms of the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter and the settlement
payments to be made to holders of Ineligible Unsecured Claims pursuant to the Plan.
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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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Modifications to healthcare, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
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Wage structure modifications that were effective upon Bankruptcy Court approval of the
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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,
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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
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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 or her execution and
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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. 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.
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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 payments to the VEBAs in the amount of $764
million and an Allowed General Unsecured Claim of $908 million in Class 5B.
In the event that the New Investment Agreement is terminated by Centerbridge other than as a
result of a 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 and its exhibits
provide 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 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. The Plan must be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
USW, the UAW, Centerbridge and the PSA Participants; |
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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 on the Effective
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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 the Plan, the related
Disclosure Statement and other definitive documents that are consistent with the Plan
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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
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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 and the transferor and transferee sign a Transferee
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The Plan 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 the Plan, 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 acting consistently with its fiduciary
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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 the Reorganized Debtors with sufficient liquidity for working capital and
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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
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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
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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 New Dana Holdcos initial senior
management in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, who will
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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 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 FOR NEW SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN.
IF YOU ARE A QUALIFIED INVESTOR, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW SERIES B
PREFERRED STOCK UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A DULY EXECUTED SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, AS DESCRIBED BELOW, TO
THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON DECEMBER 5, 2007.
The New Investment Agreement provides for an investment of up to $750 million in New Dana
Holdco. This amount was increased to $790 million, as indicated in (a) the B-2 Backstop Commitment
Letter among Dana, Centerbridge and the B-2 Backstop Investors and (b) the Plan. The $790 million
investment in New Dana Holdco will be made as follows: (i) Centerbridge will purchase $250 million
in aggregate liquidation preference of New Series A Preferred Stock; and (ii) qualified creditors
of the Debtors who are Qualified Investors will have an opportunity to purchase an additional $540
million in aggregate liquidation preference of New Series B Preferred Stock on a pro rata basis.
However, in no event may any Qualified Investor or its Affiliates be entitled to acquire beneficial
ownership of more than $200 million in aggregate liquidation preference of New Series B Preferred
Stock. If less than $250 million in aggregate liquidation preference of New Series B Preferred
Stock is purchased by Qualified Investors, the difference will be purchased by Centerbridge. In
addition, the B-2 Backstop Investors have severally agreed to purchase up to $290 million in
aggregate liquidation preference of New Series B Preferred Stock that is not purchased by Qualified
Investors or
Centerbridge.5 Each share of New Preferred Stock acquired pursuant to the
transactions described herein will have a purchase price of $100.00.
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The Debtors reserve the right to rely on the Centerbridge backstop of $250 million
of New Series B Preferred Stock and the backstop by the B-2 Backstop Investors
for $290 million of New Series B Preferred Stock if, for any reason, the New Series B
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The obligations of
Centerbridge and the B-2 Backstop Investors are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
the New Investment Agreement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, as applicable. Copies of the
New Investment Agreement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter are attached hereto as,
respectively, Exhibit D-6 and Exhibit G. The following summaries of the New Investment Agreement
and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the New Investment Agreement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter.
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.
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 (a) 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; (b) is a QIB; (c) is qualified to make the representations
and warranties in, and who delivers to the Subscription Agent by the Subscription Deadline, a duly
executed copy of, a 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 Subscription
Agreement.
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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 November 28, 2007.
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Offering of New Series B Preferred Stock |
Pursuant to the New Investment Agreement, Dana has agreed to cause New Dana Holdco to issue
and sell to the persons described below, for the price of $100.00 per share, 5,400,000 shares of
New Series B Preferred Stock of New Dana Holdco having the terms set forth in the certificate of
designations attached as Exhibit B to the New Investment Agreement. The New Series B Preferred
Stock will be offered only to Qualified Investors as described herein. The offer and sale of the
New Series B Preferred Stock as described herein is defined in this Disclosure Statement as the
Offering.
a. Participation in Offering
The record date for determining which Bonds will qualify to participate in the Offering was
August 13, 2007. The record date for determining which Trade Claims will qualify to participate in
the Offering will be the Trade Claims Record Date.
In order to qualify a Bond to participate in the Offering, the following criteria must be met:
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The holder and its affiliates must own $25 million or more in Bonds and other
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The holder must have executed and delivered a signature page to the Plan
Support Agreement on or before the Bondholder Record Date. |
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
Bonds and in excess of $100 million in Trade Claims.
Holders of Bonds who qualify under these requirements and who (a) do not engage in hedging
activities as described under 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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It executes and delivers to Dana a signature page to the Plan Support Agreement
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 Offering will be
the Trade Claims Record 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 in the Offering, 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 Offering, 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.
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Delivery of Subscription Agreement and Tabulation of Subscriptions |
Subscription Agreements must be delivered by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 5, 2007 (the
Subscription Deadline) to the Subscription Agent at the address set forth in the
instructions for completing the Subscription Agreement.
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 face amount of New Series B Preferred Stock that it is willing to
purchase (Maximum Subscription), which may not exceed $200 million.
Promptly after the Subscription Deadline, BMC Group, Inc., 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 $540 million of New Series B
Preferred Stock.
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.
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Undersubscription Allocation |
To the extent that Primary Subscriptions are for less than $540 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 $290 million and the amount by which (i) the sum of the Primary Subscriptions
and the amount of New Series B Preferred Stock purchased by Centerbridge pursuant to its
obligations under the New Investment Agreement exceeds (ii) $250 million (the
Undersubscription Pool). Each Qualified Investor who has indicated in its Subscription
Agreement that it agrees to subscribe for an Undersubscription Allocation (collectively, 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 that Undersubscription
Subscriber bears to the total amount of Participating Claims of all Undersubscription Subscribers
(the Undersubscription Allocation). In no event will any Qualified Investor or its
Affiliates be entitled to acquire beneficial ownership of more than $200 million in aggregate
liquidation preference 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.
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Commitments of Centerbridge and the B-2 Backstop Investors |
To the extent that Primary Subscriptions are for less than $250 million, Centerbridge will
purchase New Series B Preferred Stock equal to the difference between $250 million and the total
Primary Subscriptions. In addition, the B-2 Backstop Investors have severally agreed to purchase
up to $290 million in New Series B Preferred Stock that is not purchased by Qualified Investors or
Centerbridge.
Dana obtained the commitments of Centerbridge and the B-2 Backstop Investors to purchase New
Series B Preferred Stock to ensure that, subject to the conditions of the New Investment Agreement
and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, as applicable, all shares of New Series B Preferred Stock
are either purchased in or subsequent to the Offering. Through this arrangement, New Dana Holdco
has obtained contractual assurance that it will raise $790 million through the Offering and the
commitments of Centerbridge and the B-2 Backstop Investors.
The obligations of Centerbridge to purchase shares of New Series B Preferred Stock are subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the New Investment Agreement. The obligations of the B-2
Backstop Investors to purchase shares of
New Series B Preferred Stock are subject to those same conditions, except that no B-2 Backstop
Investor may assert that a Dana Material Adverse Effect has occurred unless all B-2 Backstop
Investors have agreed in writing to make such assertion.
Neither Dana nor New Dana Holdco paid any upfront commitment or similar fees to Centerbridge
or the B-2 Backstop Investors in connection with their commitments under the New Investment
Agreement or the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter. However, if the New Investment Agreement or the
B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter are terminated prior to completion of the Offering, Dana would be
obligated to pay Centerbridge and the B-2 Backstop Investors certain fees and expenses as described
below. For a detailed description of the obligation of Dana to pay these fees and expenses, see
General Provisions of the New Investment Agreement and General Provisions of the B-2 Backstop
Commitment Letter.
Dana has agreed to seek an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the B-2 Backstop Commitment
Letter and the release and exculpation of the B-2 Backstop Investors from liabilities related to
their participation in the Offering. If Dana fails to obtain such an order by the dates specified
in the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, each B-2 Backstop Investor may terminate its individual
backstop commitment.
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Announcement of Allocations; Payment; Failure to Remit Payment |
The Subscription Agent will notify individual subscribing Qualified Investors of their total
allocation within ten Business Days after the Subscription Deadline by facsimile to the number
provided in the Qualified Investors Subscription Agreement.
Payment for all shares of New Series B Preferred Stock must be delivered to New Dana Holdco
within two Business Days of notice from the Subscription Agent of the allocation of New Series B
Preferred Stock to the holders of Participating Claims. To the extent any Qualified Investor fails
to remit payment by that time, the New Series B Preferred Stock that such Qualified Investor would
otherwise have been entitled to purchase will be purchased by Centerbridge or the
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Investors, as the case may be. Notwithstanding such purchase by Centerbridge or any B-2 Backstop
Investor, Dana reserves all rights and recourse against any non-paying subscriber.
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Restrictions on Transfer, Sale or Conversion of New Preferred Stock |
NEITHER THE NEW PREFERRED STOCK NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION THEREOF HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. ACCORDINGLY, SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW, OR PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT THERETO.
IN ADDITION, HOLDERS OF SHARES OF NEW PREFERRED STOCK WILL BE SUBJECT TO LOCKUP PROVISIONS
PROHIBITING TRANSFER, SALE OR CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
THOSE LOCKUP PROVISIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT V.C.1.A
TO THE PLAN. EACH QUALIFIED INVESTOR THAT SUBSCRIBES FOR SHARES OF NEW PREFERRED STOCK WILL AGREE
TO BE BOUND BY THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED THEREIN. EACH QUALIFIED INVESTOR THAT SUBSCRIBES FOR
SHARES OF NEW PREFERRED STOCK SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO DISPOSE OF THOSE
SHARES UNTIL THE LOCKUP PERIOD EXPIRES AND THEREFORE MUST BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF ITS
INVESTMENT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THAT PERIOD.
Centerbridge, on the one hand, and the other Investors, on the other hand, will enter into
separate Registration Rights Agreements with New Dana Holdco in connection with the Plan that will
provide registration rights for their shares of New Preferred Stock. New Dana Holdcos obligations
to file a registration statement under the Securities Act to effect the registration of shares of
New Preferred Stock will be limited to those set forth under the Registration Rights Agreements.
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General Provisions of the New Investment Agreement |
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
Investment Agreement, as described below. See New Dana Holdco New Dana Holdco
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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. See New
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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
Investment Agreement, including regarding: |
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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
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the validity and enforceability of the Transaction Documents; |
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New Dana Holdcos anticipated 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, 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. |
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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 Dana 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 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 investment intent of Centerbridge and certain of its affiliates; |
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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.
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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, certain 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
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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. |
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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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take reasonable efforts to close the transactions contemplated by the New
Investment Agreement. |
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The closing of the investment by Centerbridge will be subject to certain conditions
applicable to Centerbridge and its subsidiaries, 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, the fees
payable to Centerbridge and the Plan Support Agreement; and |
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the Union Settlement Agreements having been approved by the Bankruptcy Court and
having not been 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 subsidiaries ability to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the New Investment Agreement, Centerbridges and its subsidiaries
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 officer of Centerbridge; |
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Centerbridges and its subsidiaries covenants contained in the New Investment
Agreement having been complied with in all material respects, as certified by an
executive officer of Centerbridge; |
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the Plan having been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in a form reasonably
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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 officer 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
officer of Dana or New Dana Holdco; |
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no Dana Material Adverse Effect having occurred, as certified by an executive
officer 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,
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(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 101(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 representations and
warranties, covenants or agreements. |
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
Centerbridge during a five Business Day match period); or |
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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
the Centerbridge investment and the Plan. |
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a $15 million break-up fee and an expense reimbursement of up to $5 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
Centerbridge and its subsidiaries have not breached their representations and
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a $22.5 million break-up fee and an expense reimbursement of up to $5 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 subsidiaries have
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reimbursement of up to $5 million if the New Investment Agreement is terminated because the
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Centerbridge will be entitled to a $3.5 million termination fee and an expense
reimbursement of up to $5 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
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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 $790 million of New Preferred Stock would, if converted, represent between approximately 34
percent and 39 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. See New Dana Holdco Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws New Preferred
Stock.
The Debtors have vigorously pursued the reconciliation and allowance of valid General
Unsecured Claims in the Chapter 11 Cases, including by prosecuting objections to Claims, pursuing
Claims settlements, seeking Claims resolutions through the ADR Procedures and designating Claims
for allowance based on the Debtors reconciliation of the underlying liabilities. See The Global
Settlement Creditors Ineligble to Invest in New Series B Preferred Stock. Through the
prosecution of pending Claims objections and other settlement activities, the Debtors anticipate
that additional General Unsecured Claims will be resolved and Allowed through the Trade Claims
Record Date. However, because the Debtors have no omnibus hearing dates in the Chapter 11 Cases
between the Trade Claims Record Date and the start of the Confirmation Hearing, the Debtors do not
anticipate that any material General Unsecured Claims will be Allowed during this period. As such,
the Debtors do not believe that the amount of Trade Claims will increase materially, if at all,
between
the Trade Claims Record Date and the date that the Confirmation Hearing begins. Based on the
work and analyses completed to date, the Debtors currently estimate that the Allowed Ineligible
Unsecured Claims will be approximately $550 to $575 million by December 31, 2007; however, due to,
among other things, Claims trading, such estimate could increase or decrease, perhaps materially.
See The Global Settlement Creditors Ineligible to Invest in New Series B Preferred Stock.
D. General Provisions of the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter
The
principal terms of the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter are as follows:6
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Subject to the conditions in the New Investment Agreement to
Centerbridges obligations being satisfied, the B-2 Backstop
Investors7 agree to collectively and severally (not jointly)
purchase up to 2.9 million unsubscribed shares of New Series B Preferred
Stock for an aggregate price of $290 million, or $100 per share, in cash,
in accordance with their respective allocation percentages as set forth
on Exhibit A to the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter to the extent that
less than $540 million of New Series B Preferred Stock is purchased by
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The B-2 Backstop Investors have agreed that they must unanimously
agree in order to assert that a material adverse change has occurred that
would be a condition to the B-2 Backstop Investors obligation to fund
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The cap on Centerbridges expenses that may be
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The B-2 Backstop Investors are (a) jointly and
severally, (i) Avenue Special Situations Fund IV, L.P., (ii) Avenue Special
Situations Fund V, L.P., (iii) Avenue International, Ltd., (iv) Avenue
Investments, L.P. and (v) Avenue-CDP Global Opportunities Fund, L.P.; (b) Dune
Capital Management LP; (c) Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC; (d) jointly and
severally, (i) QDRF Master Ltd, (ii) Quadrangle Debt Opportunities Fund Master
Ltd, and (iii) Quadrangle Debt Recovery Income Fund Master Ltd; (e) jointly and
severally, (i) Silver Point Capital Fund, L.P. and (ii) Silver Point Capital
Offshore Fund, L.P.; and (f) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC and
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No B-2 Backstop Investor and its Affiliates are collectively permitted
to purchase more than $200 million in New Series B Preferred Stock in the
aggregate pursuant to the New Investment Agreement and Plan and the B-2
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commitment fee, or 4% of $290 million, on the Effective Date. |
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This commitment fee is also payable, without duplication, if (i)
Centerbridge would be entitled to receive a termination fee or commitment
fee upon termination of the New Investment Agreement as described below,
(ii) Dana terminates the New Investment Agreement as a result of a breach
thereof by Centerbridge or (iii) Dana and Centerbridge terminate the New
Investment Agreement by mutual consent, in each case provided that none
of the B-2 Backstop Investors is in material breach of the B-2 Backstop
Commitment Letter, and provided further that no commitment fee is payable
if the B-2 Backstop Investors assert that a Dana Material Adverse Effect
has occurred as described above (unless subsequently waived) but
Centerbridge does not make a similar assertion. In addition, no
commitment fee is payable if the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter is
terminated prior to the occurrence of any event described under (i)
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The B-2 Backstop Investors, their Affiliates, representatives and
advisors will be released from any liability for participating in the
commitment to purchase New Series
B Preferred Stock pursuant to the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter to the
fullest extent permitted under applicable law, but excluding liability
for breach of the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter or their willful
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The Dana representations, warranties and substantially all of the
covenants set forth in the New Investment Agreement are made in favor of
the B-2 Backstop Investors. |
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The B-2 Backstop Investors make substantially the same
representations, warranties and covenants to Dana as were made by
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If (i) the resolution by the Debtors of an objection to the Plan or
Disclosure Statement made by or on behalf of a holder of a Class 5B Claim
or (ii) the resolution of any appeal to the approval of the terms of the
Global Settlement with Appaloosa Management, L.P. or any affiliate
thereof would require, in either such case, a payment to be made or other
consideration to be provided to such party (a Dispute
Resolution), the Debtors may agree to such resolution only with the
reasonable consent of the Series B-2 Backstop Investors and Centerbridge. |
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Termination. Each B-2 Backstop Investor may terminate its individual backstop
commitment if: |
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The Debtors agree to any Dispute Resolution without obtaining the
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The Bankruptcy Court approval process for the B-2 Backstop Commitment
Letter and release described above are not accomplished within the
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The commitment of the B-2 Backstop Investors is provided in connection
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Centerbridge has consented to the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter and
the Plan Amendment. |
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, the Subscription Agreements and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter. 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.
E. Creditors Ineligible to Invest in New Series B Preferred Stock
As set forth above in The Global Settlement, the Global Settlement Order established a
process for the receipt and consideration of proposals for alternatives to the Centerbridge
investment as contemplated in the Investment Agreement by qualified potential investors.
Pursuant to such process, Appaloosa submitted an indication of interest to the Debtors on August
17, 2007 and a further offer to the Debtors and the Creditors Committee on September 21, 2007.
The Debtors, the Creditors Committee and the other creditor constituencies reviewed and
discussed the Appaloosa Offer and subsequent revisions to such offer with Appaloosa and among
themselves. At the same time, the Debtors, the Creditors Committee and the other creditor
constituencies negotiated with Centerbridge to improve the terms of the New Investment Agreement.
The Ad Hoc Steering Committee also participated in the negotiations regarding improving the
Centerbridge offer.
As a result of the foregoing process, and despite operating in a much more difficult credit
market in recent months, on October 18, 2007, Dana and Centerbridge entered into the B-2 Backstop
Commitment Letter with the B-2 Backstop Investors, who are each members of the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee (or affiliates of such members) and hold in the aggregate approximately $800 million in
Dana Bonds.
In addition, as noted above in The Global Settlement The Plan Support Agreement, the Plan
Support Agreement provides that holders of Allowed PSA Unsecured Claims that 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 (the Ineligible Issue). This
provision was included in the Plan Support Agreement at the request of the Creditors Committee who
perceived the ability to invest in New Series B Preferred Stock as part and parcel of the
recoveries of Qualified Investors on account of their Claims. The right to invest in New Series B
Preferred Stock as part of the Debtors capital raising activities may have value, but, as with any
opportunity to put money at risk, its value is not certain and is subject to risks, including those
described below in Certain Risk Factors to be Considered. The Debtors do not view the ability to
invest in New Series B Preferred Stock as being offered to Qualified Investors on account of their
Claims. Nor do the B-2 Backstop Investors and the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee view the $250
million backstop investment to permit Dana to emerge from chapter 11 and fund its VEBAs as a grant
to such investors of a distribution on account of their General Unsecured Claims.
Indeed, the Debtors primary concern about the new investment, in light of the significant
commitment being made to the Unions in the Global Settlement, was making sure that such commitment
was funded and the payments to the VEBAs could be made effective on the later of January 1, 2008
and the Effective Date, in order to enable the Debtors to consummate the Plan. At the time that
the Global Settlement was reached, Centerbridge had agreed to make $500 million in commitments with
respect to the $250 million in New Series A Preferred Stock and the first $250 million tranche of
New Series B Preferred Stock. Thus the open issues were (a) determining how the Debtors would
obtain assurances that they could raise the remaining $250 million in New Series B Preferred Stock
that was not being backstopped by Centerbridge and (b) determining who would be able to and be
permitted to subscribe for the full $500 million in New Series B Preferred Stock.
In determining who should be permitted to invest in the $500 million in New Series B Preferred
Stock, a direct subscription from qualified investors would have been satisfactory to, and indeed
preferred by, the Debtors. The Debtors desired qualified investors who, if the circumstances
required, could make the investment outside of the securities
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exemption otherwise available under
section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code and without the expense and delay of a registered offering.
The Debtors were also concerned about the impact of the rights of the New Series B Preferred Stock,
which were integral to the New Series B Preferred Stock. The Debtors would not have agreed to such
rights in any security that would be widely held. Absent a manageable process of obtaining consent
required because of such rights from a small and sophisticated group of investors, the rights could
significantly impair the ability of the Reorganized Debtors to conduct their business in what
remains a troubled automotive industry. Several of the Debtors large creditors had approached the
Debtors on numerous occasions about their desire and capacity to invest in the Reorganized Debtors
on such a direct subscription basis. The Creditors Committee stated, however, that if the Debtors
and Centerbridge were going to include investors that were also General Unsecured Creditors, the
Debtors and Centerbridge should adopt objective criteria to qualify such creditors. The Debtors
faced practical obstacles, inasmuch as they needed to raise this substantial sum in a compressed
timeframe and, potentially, without the benefit of section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. The rights
attached to the New Series B Preferred Stock are not usually available to a widely held series of
preferred stock. The Debtors believe that it is not possible to obtain a backstop commitment for
such second tranche of $250 million of New Series B Preferred Stock if the right to invest in New
Series B Preferred Stock is not offered to Qualified Investors only. Hence, the parties
compromised their differing objectives in the Global Settlement by the Debtors agreeing to forego
a direct subscription and instead establishing reasonable criteria and limitations governing who
could be a Qualified
Investor.8
In part due to the qualifications and limitations established for Qualified Investors,
Centerbridge was willing to backstop the first $250 million tranche of New Series B Preferred Stock
for a relatively modest 1% fee. Despite operating in a more challenging credit market, in part
because of the qualifications established for Qualified Investors, the Debtors obtained a backstop
commitment for such second tranche of $250 million of New Series B Preferred Stock if the right to
invest in New Series B Preferred Stock, which would have been more costly or impossible to achieve
if the right to purchase New Series B Preferred Stock were made available to a less qualified
group.
As contemplated by the Plan Support Agreement, and after extensive negotiations, Centerbridge,
the Debtors, the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the Creditors Committee have agreed to a settlement
of their dispute with respect to the Ineligible Issue by providing for an additional Cash recovery
to holders of Ineligible Unsecured Claims as follows: the Plan contemplates a Settlement Pool of
$40 million in Cash, from which holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims may receive up to an
additional $0.085 per $1.00 of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim.
In an effort to avoid lengthy litigation and achieve a consensual solution so the Debtors can
maintain their current timeline for exiting chapter 11, the Debtors, Centerbridge, the Creditors
Committee, the Ad Hoc Bondholders Committee and their advisors undertook an exhaustive review of
Claims expected to be Allowed as of December 2007 and, in the Creditors Committees view, the
potential value to be attributed to the opportunity to invest in the New Series B Preferred
Stock. This exhaustive analysis performed by these parties led to protracted and intensive
negotiations in order to come to a reasonable resolution of the Ineligible Issue.
As part of the resolution of the Ineligible Issue, the Creditors Committee stressed the
importance of resolving and allowing as many Claims as possible prior to the Effective Date, and
the Debtors have made every effort to accelerate the Claims resolution process. With that goal in
mind, the Debtors have vigorously pursued Claims resolutions by prosecuting Claims objections,
pursuing Claims settlements (including pursuant to the authority granted in the Claims Procedures
Order), seeking estimation of the EPAs Claims, pursuing Claims resolutions under the ADR
Procedures and reconciling and allowing Claims consistent with the Debtors books and records.
Specifically, to date, the Debtors have filed objections to approximately 8,000 Claims, have
entered into settlements resolving approximately 1,000 Claims and have designated over 1,000
additional Claims for allowance based on the Debtors reconciliation of the underlying liabilities.
Through these efforts, the Debtors have reduced the Claims pool from nearly 15,000 Filed Claims
asserting more than $26.8 billion in aggregate liquidated amount to fewer than 4,000 Claims
asserting approximately $5 billion in aggregate liquidated amount (approximately $3 billion of
which are General Unsecured Claims). The Debtors and the Creditors Committees efforts in this
regard are ongoing and will continue, and numerous Claims remain subject to pending objections as
of the date of this Disclosure Statement.
In addition, for the past several months, the Debtors have provided the Creditors Committee
with voluminous and detailed information regarding their Claims pool and their efforts in pursing
the resolution of Claims. During this time, the Debtors and the Creditors Committee have been
involved in at least weekly in-depth conferences regarding the Claims to be allowed, Claims to be
objected to and Claims to be settled, and the Debtors have provided regular reports to the
Creditors Committee on all aspects of the Claims process. The Debtors have sought the Creditors
Committees input on significant Claims issues, and the Creditors Committee has been directly
involved in certain Claims disputes, such as the
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litigation relating to the EPA Claim. The Debtors
have sought the Creditors Committees consent to any material Claims settlements, and the
Creditors Committee has received all notices of Claims settlements called for by the Claims
Procedures Order. Thus, the Creditors Committee has been intimately involved in the Debtors
Claims resolution process. Based on the work and analyses completed to date, the Debtors currently
estimate that the Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims will be approximately $550 to $575 million by
December 31, 2007; however, due to, among other things, Claims trading, such estimate could
increase or decrease, perhaps materially.
If one were to attribute the opportunity to invest in New Series B Preferred Stock as part and
parcel of an eligible investors recovery on account of its Allowed Claim, and allowing for a
discount due to the fact that a recovery of Cash does not bear the risks present in investing in
the New Series B Preferred Stock, the Debtors further estimate that the additional settlement
payments to be made to the holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims would provide such
claimants with similar value as those claimants who are eligible to invest in the New Series B
Preferred Stock. Specifically, if one were to ascribe to the Creditors Committees litigation
position that the investment opportunity in the New Series B Preferred Stock represents a
recovery on account of an eligible investors Claims, then at an assumed $4.0 billion total
enterprise value and assuming a total $3 billion unsecured Claims pool, the purchasers of the New
Series B Preferred Stock could achieve up to an 87% recovery; while the holders of Allowed
Ineligible Unsecured Claims could achieve up to an 79% recovery.
After extensive negotiations, the Debtors, Centerbridge, the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the
Creditors Committee support the settlement described in this subsection. The settlement enables
those creditors who might have desired to invest in New Dana Holdco but for the practical
limitations set forth in the Plan to assure the Debtors of raising the $750 million in new capital
to participate in a cash settlement pool of $40 million in proceeds from the new investment
above the $750 million required by the Debtors to consummate the Plan.
The Creditors Committee supports the settlement as fair and reasonable, in light of, among
other things, (i) the certainty of a Cash payment for holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured
Claims, (ii) the risks and costs inherent in
litigating the Ineligible Issue, (iii) the risks associated with the value of, and investing
in, the New Series B Preferred Stock and (iv) the fact that holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured
Claims do not have to invest additional cash in order to purchase New Series B Preferred Stock.
Centerbridge, the B-2 Backstop Investors and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee support, and have
consented to filing, the Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization.
The specific Plan terms that reflect this settlement are as follows:
B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter means the letter between Dana, Centerbridge and the
B-2 Backstop Investors dated October 18, 2007, pursuant to which the B-2 Backstop Investors agreed
to purchase up to 2,900,000 unsubscribed shares of the New Series B Preferred Stock.
B-2 Backstop Investors means those investors that have executed signature pages to
the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter.
Ineligible Unsecured Claims means, collectively, General Unsecured Claims that are
either Allowed or estimated by the Bankruptcy Court under section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code on
or prior to the Effective Date and are held by a Person who is not, nor are any of its affiliates,
a Qualified Investor as defined in the New Investment Agreement but without regard to clauses (c)
and (d) of that definition; provided, however, that Bond Claims which are not Participating Claims
will be Ineligible Unsecured Claims even if held by such Persons. In no event will Union Claims,
DCC Claims, any Claims of the non-union retirees represented by the Retiree Committee, Intercompany
Claims, Convenience Claims or Asbestos Personal Injury Claims be Ineligible Unsecured Claims.
New Equity Investment means the $790 million 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, the Subscription Agreements and the B-2
Backstop Commitment Letter.
New Equity Investors means, individually and collectively, CBP, the B-2 Backstop
Investors 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, the Subscription Agreements and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter.
Settlement Pool means Cash equal $40 million, which shall be funded from the
proceeds from the sale of New Series B Preferred Stock in excess of $500 million as described in
Section V.J. of the Plan and which amount of Cash shall
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not be altered in any manner, or other
consideration added, without the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the Creditors
Committee.
As a settlement payment for their inability to purchase New Series B Preferred Stock, each
holder of an Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim will receive, on the 45th day following the
Effective Date, its pro rata portion of the Settlement Pool, which under no circumstances shall
exceed $0.085 per $1.00 of each such Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim.
F. New Dana Holdco
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan: (a) on or before the Effective Date, 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) 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 prejudice to any right to alter or
terminate such existence (whether by merger, dissolution or otherwise) under applicable state law.
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).
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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. 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. See Shareholders Agreement
Board Representation.
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The Debtors anticipate that, immediately following the Effective Date, their current officers
will serve as the initial officers of New Dana Holdco and the other Reorganized Debtors.
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.
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As of the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, New Dana Holdco will issue the New Dana Holdco
Common Stock, of which 100 million shares will be issued on account of Allowed Claims in Class 5B
and for contribution to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve. In addition, of such 100 million
shares, calculated at the midpoint estimate of the reorganization value of New Dana Holdco at the
Effective Date, 1,022,745 shares will be reserved for payment of the post-emergence bonuses to
Union employees and 1,000,956 shares will be reserved to pay post-emergence bonuses to non-union
hourly and salaried non-management employees. See Confirmation of the Plan Valuation of New
Dana Holdco.
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 Debtors anticipate that, after the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco will implement an equity
incentive plan that will reserve up to 5% to 10% of the fully-diluted outstanding shares of New
Dana Holdco Common Stock.9 The holders of New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be entitled
to one vote 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 identified by the Debtors at
least five days prior to the Confirmation Hearing.
New Dana Holdco expects that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be approved for listing on
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) immediately following the Effective Date when New Dana
Holdco meets the listing requirements. However, the Debtors cannot predict whether the NYSE will
approve the New Dana Holdco Common Stock for listing or when any such listing will occur. There
can be no assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be listed on NYSE or any other
national exchange or interdealer quotation system or that New Dana Holdco will continue to meet the
requirements for listing once a listing has been approved. If the New Dana Holdco Common Stock is
not listed on a national exchange or interdealer quotation system, New Dana Holdco 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 given that
such securities will be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.
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) 5,400,000 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, and which shall not be altered in any material manner without the
reasonable consent of the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and; provided,
however, that the number of shares authorized may not be increased without the consent of the
Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee. 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
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$250 million in New Series B Preferred Stock that is not purchased by Qualified
Investors pursuant to an executed Subscription Agreement that is timely delivered to the
Subscription Agent. New Dana Holdco also will issue to the B-2 Backstop Investors up to $290
million in additional New Series B Preferred Stock that is not purchased by Qualified Investors or
Centerbridge. See Subsection VII.C New Investment 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 $790
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 33.7% 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, 33.7% of New Dana Holdcos fully diluted shares; or
(ii) the holders of the New Preferred Stock would own, on an as-converted, fully diluted
basis, more than 38.5% 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, 38.5% 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 below in New Dana Holdco Shareholders
Agreement, 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
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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.
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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.
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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 (a) in the case of the
Registration Rights Agreement with Centerbridge, 10% of the aggregate purchase price of New
Preferred Stock purchased by Centerbridge in the Offering and in satisfaction of its obligations
under the New Investment Agreement and (b) in the case of the Registration Rights Agreement with
Investors other than Centerbridge, 10% of the aggregate purchase price of New Preferred Stock
purchased by such Investors in the Offering; (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
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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.
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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.
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 with respect to New Dana Holdco or any of its 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.
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.
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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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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that ranks junior to or on parity with the New Series A Preferred Stock, including the
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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.
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In connection with the Plan, New Dana Holdco and Qualified Investors who elect to participate
in the Offering will enter into separate Subscription Agreements prior to the Subscription
Deadline. The following summary of the Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the forms 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 as well as any Undersubscription Allocation with
respect to that Qualified Investor indicated in that Subscription Agreement as described in Section
VII.C, The New Investment Agreement; provided, that in no event will any Qualified Investor or
its affiliates be entitled to acquire beneficial ownership of more than $200 million in aggregate
liquidation preference of New Series B Preferred Stock. Each subscriber will pay to New Dana
Holdco the purchase price for its shares of New Series B Preferred Stock, in cash, within two
Business Days of notice from Dana of such purchasers total allocation. 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, the New Series
B Preferred Stock that such Qualified Investor would otherwise have been entitled to purchase will
be purchased by Centerbridge or the B-2 Backstop Investors, as the case may be. The Subscription
Agreement will be a firm commitment of each subscriber to purchase its allocation of the New
Preferred Stock. By executing a Subscription Agreement, each subscriber also acknowledges that:
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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
Securities Act) and a qualified institutional buyer (as such term is defined in Rule
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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.
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The Debtors anticipate that after the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco will implement an equity
incentive plan for management that will reserve up to 5-10% of the fully-diluted outstanding shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock. The Debtors anticipate that a copy of the equity incentive plan
will be Filed as a supplement to the Plan.
VIII.
THE PLAN
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 fourteen 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
Claims 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 or Interest.
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.
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If the Plan is confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court, (1) each Allowed Claim in a particular Class
will receive the same treatment as the other Allowed Claims in such Class, whether or not the
holder of such Claim voted to accept the Plan and (2) each Allowed Interest in a particular Class
will receive the same treatment as the other Allowed Interests in such Class. 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 (1) all holders of a Claim regardless of whether such
holders voted to accept the Plan and (2) all holders of an Interest.
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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(a)(2), 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
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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; (i)
any Claims of the B-2 Backstop Investors entitled to superpriority under the B-2
Backstop Commitment Letter and any order approving same; and (j) 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,
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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
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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
earlier of the conversion or dismissal of the applicable Chapter 11 Case under
section 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code, or the closing of the applicable Chapter 11 Case
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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
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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
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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
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Unless otherwise agreed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and the B-2 Backstop
Investors, any Administrative Claims of the B-2 Backstop Investors arising under the
B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter and the order approving the same will be paid by the
Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary course of their businesses without further action
by the B-2 Backstop Investors or further approval by the Bankruptcy Court as long as
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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, either an Allowed Administrative Claim in the amount of $764 million or
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In full satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claims, on the Effective Date, the
Indenture Trustee Fee Claims shall be allowed as an Administrative Claim against the
Debtors pursuant to section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and shall be paid by the
Reorganized Debtors without the need for the Indenture Trustee to file an application
for allowance with the Bankruptcy Court. To receive payment pursuant to paragraph
II.A.1.G of the Plan, the Indenture Trustee shall provide reasonable and customary
detail or invoices in support of its Claims to counsel to the Reorganized Debtors and
counsel to Centerbridge 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. Any disputed amount of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claims shall be subject to
the jurisdiction of, and resolution by, the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the
relevant objecting party is unable to resolve a dispute with respect to an Indenture
Trustee Fee Claim, the Indenture Trustee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (i)
submit any such dispute to the Bankruptcy Court for resolution or (ii) assert its
Charging Lien to obtain payment of such disputed Indenture Trustee Claim. The
Charging Lien held by the Indenture Trustee against distributions to Bondholders on
account of the Indenture Trustee Fee Claim will be deemed released upon payment of
the Indenture Trustee Fee Claim in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Indentures and this Plan. Except as provided herein, distributions received by
Bondholders on account of Allowed Bondholder Claims pursuant to the Plan will not be
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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 latest 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
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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
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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
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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
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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. |
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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. |
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So long as the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter remains in full force and effect, the
B-2 Backstop Investors will not be required to File or serve any request for payment
or application for allowance of their Administrative Claims, if any, arising under
the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter or the order approving same and such
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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. |
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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 such Priority Tax Claim
becomes an Allowed Priority Tax Claim. |
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section II.A.2.a of the Plan or Section I.A.190 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 5B as applicable, if not subordinated to
Class 5A or 5B 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, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property (other than as a
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Class 1: Priority Claims, subclassified as follows: |
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Class 1A: Priority Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors. |
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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. |
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Class 1B: Priority Claims Against EFMG. |
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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
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Class 2: Secured Claims, subclassified as follows: |
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Class 2A: Secured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors, Other Than the Port
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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
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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.
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Notwithstanding either the foregoing or Section I.A.190 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 5B, if not subordinated to Class 5B 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 5B Claim). Class 2A Claims
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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
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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.
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Notwithstanding either the foregoing or Section I.A.190 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. |
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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. |
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Class 3: Asbestos Personal Injury Claims |
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On the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will be Reinstated. Class
3 Claims are unimpaired. Solely with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, the
automatic stay imposed by section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code will be terminated as of
the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date and, pursuant to section 108(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code, the applicable statute of limitations with respect to any such
Claim that did not expire prior to the Petition Date will cease to be tolled as of
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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
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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. |
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Class 5B: General Unsecured Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors 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 (b) after the Effective
Date, such periodic distributions of Reserved Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash
as are set forth in Section VI.G.6.b of the Plan. Class 5B Claims are impaired.
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Based on the Debtors current review and estimation of the pool of potential General
Unsecured Claims against the Consolidated Debtors in Class 5B, the Debtors presently
estimate that the amount of General Unsecured Claims against the Consolidated Debtors
in Class 5B that will ultimately be allowed in the Chapter 11 Cases will not exceed
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Minimum Cash to be $0. The Creditors Committee disputes this assertion with respect
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Class 5C: 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 5C Claims are impaired. |
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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.
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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. |
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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
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Class 6D: Section 510(b) Securities Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors On
Effective Date, Section 510(b) Securities Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors in
Class 6D 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 6D to receive, to the extent holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 5B have been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest and
Post-Effective Date Interest, its Pro Rata share of any remaining Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Debtors do not
currently anticipate that holders of Class 6D Claims will receive any distribution
pursuant to the Plan, and consistent with the language of section 1126(g) of the
Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class 6D Claim will be deemed to have rejected the
Plan. Class 6D Claims are impaired. |
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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 and 6D have been paid
in full plus Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date 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 (which are pari passu
with Allowed Interests in Class 7A), of any remaining Disputed Unsecured Claims
Reserve Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Debtors do not currently
anticipate that holders of Class 7A Interests will receive any distribution pursuant
to the Plan, and consistent with the language of section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy
Code, each holder of a Class 7A Interest will be deemed to have rejected the Plan.
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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 and 6D
have been paid in full plus Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date Interest,
its Pro Rata share and taking into account Allowed Interests in Class 7A (which are
pari passu with Allowed Claims in Class 7B), of any remaining Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve Assets. Class 7B Claims are impaired. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
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Class 7B Claims will receive any distribution pursuant to the Plan, and consistent
with the language of section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each holder of a Class
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Class 8: Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests On the Effective Date, the
Subsidiary Debtor Equity Interests will be Reinstated, subject to the Restructuring
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Dana and certain of the Debtors have been, and are expected to 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 II.B.6 of the Plan and will, therefore, be passed through
the Chapter 11 Cases unimpaired and will be retained, as applicable, as liabilities of the
defendants against whom such Asbestos Personal Injury Claims have been asserted or could have been
asserted. Liabilities related to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims are not being transferred or
assigned to any other Debtor or any other entity. 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 cases. 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 $71 million. Dana expects that its assets will be more than sufficient to pay
those potential net liabilities.
The Bankruptcy Court authorized the Creditors Committees retention of Analysis, Research &
Planning Corporation (ARPC) as the asbestos advisor to the Creditors Committee.
Subsequent to ARPCs retention, and with the assistance of the Debtors, ARPC conducted an analysis
of the Debtors estimated current and future asbestos liabilities. ARPCs analysis differs
materially from the Debtors estimate on a number of fronts, particularly in connection with (i)
the estimated defense costs that the Reorganized Debtors are likely to incur in the future and (ii)
the number of years of projected liabilities. Based upon its analysis and its current
understanding of the facts, ARPC estimates that the total indemnity and defense costs required in
resolving all pending and future asbestos claims are likely to fall within a range between a low of
$0.5 billion and a high of $1.5 billion over the next 45 years. These amounts have not been
discounted to present value. The majority of these estimated total indemnity and defense costs
(roughly 75%) are estimated to be defense costs. ARPC estimates that approximately 64% of the
total estimated indemnity and defense costs will be covered by Danas current insurance coverage.
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 the
Liabilities related to such Allowed Secondary Liability Claim and will be deemed satisfied in full
by the distributions on account of the related underlying Allowed Claim. Notwithstanding the
existence of a Secondary Liability 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
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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; (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; or (c) modify the amount of the Cure Amount Claim. Moreover,
pursuant to the Contract Procedures Order, the Debtors reserve the right, at any time until the
date that is 30 days after the Effective Date, to amend Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan to identify
or change the identity of the Reorganized Debtor party that will be an assignee of an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease. 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
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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.
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.1.a to the Plan, (v) is not listed
on Exhibit II.E.5 to the Plan or (vi) 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 assumed by the Debtors
and assigned to the Reorganized Debtor that will be the owner of the business that performs the
obligations to the customer under such agreement, or such Reorganized Debtors parent company, in
accordance with the provisions and requirements of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code as
of the Effective Date. The Cure Amount Claim to be paid in connection with the assumption of such
a customer-related contract, purchase order or similar agreement that is not specifically
identified on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan shall be $0.00. 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.
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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 paragraph II.E.2 of the
Plan. 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, if not expressly assigned to a third party previously in the
Chapter 11 Cases or assigned to a particular Reorganized Debtor pursuant to the procedures
described above, 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, within five
Business Days of the entry of the order of the Bankruptcy Court resolving the matter against the
Debtors. Such rejection shall be deemed effective as of the Effective Date.
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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
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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.
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Contracts and Leases Entered Into or Assumed 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; provided, however, that any Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases assumed
by a Debtor and not previously assigned will be assigned to the Reorganized Debtor identified on
Exhibit II.E.4 to the Plan. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors reserve the right, at any time
until the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date, to amend Exhibit II.E.4 to the Plan to
identify or change the identity of the Reorganized Debtor party that will be the assignee of an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.
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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. Irrespective of whether an Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease is listed on Exhibit II.E.1.b to the Plan, it will be deemed rejected
unless it such contract (a) is listed on Exhibit II.E.1.a to the Plan or Exhibit II.E.1.c to the
Plan, (b) was not previously assumed, assumed and assigned or rejected by order of the Bankruptcy
Court or (c) is not deemed assumed pursuant to the other provisions of Section II.E. of 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 5B Claim, as applicable (General Unsecured Claims), subject to
the provisions of section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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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 pursuant to the Plan must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or
before the later of: (a) 30 days after the Effective Date or (b) for Executory Contracts
identified on Exhibit II.E.5 to the Plan, 30 days after (i) the service of a notice of such
rejection is served under the Contract Procedures Order, if the contract counterparty does not
timely file an objection to the rejection in accordance with the Contract Procedures Order or (ii)
if such an objection to rejection is timely filed with the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the
Contract Procedures Order, the date that an Order is entered approving the rejection of the
applicable contract or lease or the date that the objection to rejection is withdrawn. 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.
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Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease Notice Provisions |
In accordance with the Contract Procedures Order, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as
applicable, will provide (a) notice to each party whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is
being assumed pursuant to the Plan of: (i) the contract or lease being assumed; (ii) the Cure
Amount Claim, if any, that the applicable Debtor believes it would be obligated to pay in
connection with such assumption; (iii) any assignment of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease
(pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions or otherwise); and (iv) 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
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assignment of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease; (b) notice to each party whose
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is being rejected pursuant to the Plan; (c) notice to each
party whose Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is being assigned pursuant to the Plan; (d)
notice of any amendments to Exhibit II.E.1.a, Exhibit II.E.1.c, Exhibit II.E.4 or Exhibit II.E.5
to the Plan; and (e) any other notices relating to the assumption, assumption and assignment or
rejection Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases required under the Plan or Contract Procedures
Order in accordance with the Contract Procedures Order.
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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.E.6 of the Plan.
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 employee benefit plan or program, 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) Centerbridge, (c) the Unions (d) the Creditors Committee and (e)
the Ad Hoc Steering Committee. |
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The Plan shall not have been materially amended, altered or modified from the
Plan as Filed on October 23, 2007, unless such material amendment, alteration or
modification has been made in accordance with Section X.A of the Plan. |
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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 (d) the Creditors Committee and (e)
the Ad Hoc Steering Committee. |
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Any modification of, amendment, supplement or change to the Plan or any Plan
Exhibit that (a) alters in any way the Settlement Pool or the parties to whom it shall
be made available; (b) makes available any consideration to Ineligible Unsecured Claims
other than the Settlement Pool; or (c) provides for the receipt of additional
consideration for Centerbridge or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall not have
been made without the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the Creditors
Committee. |
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
February 28, 2008. |
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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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No stay of the Confirmation Order shall then be in effect. |
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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
acceptable to the Unions and Centerbridge. |
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The Effective Date shall occur on or before May 1, 2008. |
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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
X.A of the Plan. |
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Any modification of, amendment, supplement or change to the Plan or any Plan
Exhibit that (a) alters in any way the Settlement Pool or the parties to who it shall
be made available; (b) makes available any consideration to Ineligible Unsecured Claims
other than the Settlement Pool; or (c) provides for the receipt of additional
consideration for Centerbridge or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not have
been made without the consent of the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and the Creditors
Committee. |
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The Debtors shall have complied with their obligations under the B-2 Backstop
Commitment Letter to sell New Series B Preferred Stock to the Series B-2 Investors in
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Backstop Commitment Letter, provided the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter has not been
terminated and the B-2 Investors shall have funded the purchase of New Series B
Preferred Stock thereunder. |
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 Unions (4)
the Creditors Committee and (5) the Ad Hoc Steering Committee without an order of the Bankruptcy
Court, provided, however, that (a) 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 and (b) the condition precedent to the Confirmation Date and the Effective Date in Sections
IV.A.4 and IV.B.10 of the Plan, respectively, may be waived only with the consent of Centerbridge,
the Creditors Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee.
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, re-classify, estimate
or establish the priority or secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest
(other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims and any Claim of an Insurer or any other
litigation between or among any Reorganized Debtor and any Insurer arising under or
relating to an Insurance Contract that has been assumed or continued under the Plan),
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
thereafter (other than with respect to any litigation dispute between or among any
Reorganized Debtor and any Insurer arising under or relating to an Insurance Contract
that has been assumed or continued under the Plan); |
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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
Litigation Trust Agreement, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order; |
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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
Litigation Trust Agreement or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or
document that is entered into or delivered pursuant to the Plan, the Litigation Trust
Agreement, or any entitys rights arising from or obligations incurred in connection
with the Plan, the Litigation Trust Agreement or such documents; |
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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
Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order; |
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Enforce or clarify any orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the
Chapter 11 Cases; |
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Enter a final decree or decrees closing 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 or 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, 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 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.
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
5 P.M. (EASTERN TIME) ON NOVEMBER 28, 2007, THE VOTING DEADLINE. BALLOTS SUBMITTED BY BENEFICIAL
OWNERS OF BONDS TO A MASTER BALLOT AGENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY SUCH MASTER BALLOT AGENT BY THE
MAILING DEADLINE. ONLY THOSE BALLOTS ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE VOTING AGENT BEFORE THE VOTING
DEADLINE OR BY A MASTER BALLOT AGENT BEFORE THE MAILING DEADLINE (AS APPLICABLE) WILL BE COUNTED AS
EITHER ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THE PLAN. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO MASTER BALLOTS, WHICH BALLOTS MAY
BE SUBMITTED BY FACSIMILE, NO BALLOTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND ANY
BALLOTS OTHER THAN MASTER 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
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 OR TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A NOTICE OF AN OBJECTION, IF ANY, TO A
CLAIM.
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.
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.
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D. Voting Procedures
All votes to accept or reject the Plan with respect to any Class of Claims must be cast by
properly submitting the duly completed and executed form of Ballot designated for such Class.
Holders of impaired Claims 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 THAT DOES NOT INDICATE EITHER AN ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN OR
THAT 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 THAT IS NOT SIGNED OR THAT 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 or Master Ballot Agent (as applicable) at the
address set forth upon the Ballot or the envelope enclosed therewith, and received by the Voting
Deadline or Mailing Deadline (as applicable). 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, which Ballots may be submitted by facsimile, 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 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 has been placed under the Plan.
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Beneficial Owners of Bonds |
If you are the beneficial owner of Bonds 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 Bonds 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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fill in all the applicable information on the Ballot; |
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sign the Ballot (unless the Ballot has already been signed by the bank, trust
company or other nominee); and |
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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
thereof for instructions. |
If you hold your Bonds in street name, you must return your Ballot to the appropriate
brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee by the Mailing Deadline (November
23, 2007). If your Ballot is not received by your Master Ballot Agent on or before the Mailing
Deadline, and such deadline is not extended, your vote will not count as either an acceptance or
rejection of the Plan.
You may receive multiple mailings of this Disclosure Statement, especially if you own Bonds
through more than one brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee. If you
submit more than one Ballot for a Class
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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 Bonds 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.
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A brokerage firm, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that is the registered
holder of a Bond 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
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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.
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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 creditor 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 creditor 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 creditor who has timely submitted a properly-completed Ballot to the Voting Agent or a
Master Ballot Agent, as applicable, may change its vote only with the approval of the Bankruptcy
Court. In the case where more than one timely, properly-completed Ballot is received with respect
to the same Claim and no order of the Bankruptcy Court allowing the creditor to change its vote has
been entered prior to the Voting Deadline (or, with respect to beneficial owners of Bonds in street
name, the Mailing Deadline), the Ballot that will be counted for purposes of determining whether
sufficient acceptances required to confirm the Plan have been received will be the timely,
properly-completed Ballot that the Voting Agent determines was the first to be received.
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Separate forms of Ballots are provided for voting the various Classes of Claims. A SEPARATE
BALLOT MUST BE USED FOR EACH CLAIM. Any Person who holds Claims in more than one Class is required
to vote separately with respect to each Claim. Please sign, and return in accordance with the
instructions in this section, a separate Ballot with
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respect to each such Claim. HOWEVER, HOLDERS OF GENERAL UNSECURED CLAIMS ARE REQUIRED TO VOTE
ALL OF THEIR CLAIMS UNDER THE PLAN EITHER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT 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 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.
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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 November 28, 2007: (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 December 10, 2007, at 10 a.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 November 28, 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 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.
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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.
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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 complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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The proponent of the plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code. |
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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
Court as reasonable. |
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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
of creditors and equity security holders and with public policy. |
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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
reorganized debtor, and the nature of any compensation for such insider. |
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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
plan, or such rate change is expressly conditioned on such approval. |
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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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Except to the extent that the holder of a particular claim has agreed to a different
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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
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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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with respect to a claim of a kind specified in section 507(a)(8) of the
Bankruptcy Code, the holder of such claim will receive on account of such claim,
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of a total value, as of the effective date of the plan, equal to the
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over a period ending not later than 5 years after the date of the
order for relief under section 301, 302, or 303 of the Bankruptcy Code;
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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
under the plan, unless such liquidation or reorganization is proposed in the plan. |
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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
payment of all such fees on the effective date of the plan. |
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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.
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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 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
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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 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.
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 their 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), 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 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP.
WHILE PRESENTED WITH NUMERICAL SPECIFICITY, THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED UPON A VARIETY OF
ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS, WHICH, WHILE CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY MANAGEMENT, MAY NOT BE REALIZED,
AND ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES,
MANY OF WHICH ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF DANAS MANAGEMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROJECTIONS SHOULD
NOT BE REGARDED AS A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY BY THE DEBTORS, 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.
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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 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.
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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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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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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 Claims in Classes 3, 4, 5A and 6B are unimpaired and are
conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan. Allowed General Unsecured Claims in Class
5B will be paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest, before holders of Allowed Claims in
Class 6D (Section 510(b) Securities Claims Against the Consolidated Debtors), 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 5C will receive the UAW Retiree VEBA Contribution and the USW Retiree VEBA
Contribution as bargained for in the Union Settlement Agreements that have been approved by
the Bankruptcy Court. Holders of Claims in Class 6A are conclusively presumed 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 conclusively presumed 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.
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.
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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) the comparable companies methodology and (2) the discounted cash flow
methodology. The estimated value of the non-operating assets (net operating losses, equity
earnings in unconsolidated subsidiaries, the residual value of DCCs 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 $679 million. After deducting Net Debt and Minority Interest from Danas
enterprise value, the estimated total equity value of New Dana Holdco is between $2,884 million and
$3,768 million, with $3,317 million used as an estimate of the total equity value at the Effective
Date. Based on the value ranges above, and after deducting the value attributable to the preferred
investment on an as converted basis, the distributable plan equity value of New Dana Holdco is
between $1,911 million and $2,497 million with a value of $2,198 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 $19.11 and $24.97, with a value of $21.98 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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MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
A. Effects of Confirmation of the Plan
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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, among other things, 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. Furthermore, in January 2007, in connection with the restructuring of its European
holdings, Dana transferred certain subsidiaries of EFMG to certain non-Debtor entities. At the
time, EFMG held more than $85 million worth of scheduled personal property, and claims in an amount
of less than $2 million were scheduled against EFMG (as of October 17, 2007, approximately $2.2
million in Claims (of which $2.1 million are unsecured Claims) were filed against EFMG). For these
reasons, and as a consequence of concluding the asset transfers that permitted the European
restructuring to proceed, EFMGs creditors are classified separately and will be paid in full. See
The Chapter 11 Cases Overseas Operations Restructuring of European Holdings and Entry into
European Financing Agreement.
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; (e) the revesting of assets in the separate
Reorganized Debtors pursuant to Section V.A of the Plan. In addition, such consolidation shall not
constitute a waiver of the mutuality requirement for setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
The Plan serves 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.
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Factors Supporting Deemed Consolidation |
The deemed consolidation of the Consolidated Debtors for Plan purposes is appropriate and
warranted under the circumstances. Generally, the Consolidated Debtors operate their businesses as
a consolidated enterprise from the Debtors, the customers and creditors perspectives. Dana,
which traces its origins back to 1904, historically did not operate the majority of its business
through subsidiaries, but, rather through divisions. Generally, when Dana would acquire the assets
(e.g., Glacier, Sealed Power) or the stock (e.g., Plumley, Innovative
Manufacturing) of other companies, it often would merge those assets and entities into Dana after a
number of years if no reason existed to maintain complete separateness. Accordingly, the vast
majority of Danas business, historically, was conducted by Dana, not by subsidiaries of Dana. In
the late 1990s, with the acquisition of Echlin, and in early 2000 and early 2001, with the creation
of six subsidiaries for the axle
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and driveshaft divisions of Dana, Danas corporate structure diversified. The Debtors
emphasize corporate distinctions (e.g., separate officers, annual meetings, separate
letterhead and signs and contracts with specific legal entities other than Dana), but in light of
Danas historical operation as a consolidated entity with operating divisions rather than
subsidiaries, suppliers and customers, many of whom have done business with Dana for many years,
may have concluded that Dana is a single corporate enterprise.
Although the Debtors are organized by legal entity and consist of 41 separate legal entities,
the Debtors businesses are not run by corporate entity, but are organized by business units and
product groups, including Traction Products (ASG), Torque Products (ASG), Chassis Products (ASG),
Structures (ASG), Thermal Products (ASG), Sealing Products (ASG), Routing Products (ASG), Engine
Products (ASG), Commercial Vehicle Products (HVTSG) and Off-Highway Products (HVTSG). This focus
on business units could lead to creditor confusion and the intermingling of operations and finances
of the Consolidated Debtors.
Certain creditors filed Claims against the wrong Debtor entities. Similarly, some of the
Debtors customers, although recognizing corporate distinctions, take actions that indicate that
they are dealing with Dana as a consolidated enterprise. All these factors support the deemed
consolidation of the Consolidated Debtors for Plan purposes.
Finally, the Debtors believe that the deemed consolidation of the Consolidated Debtors for
Plan purposes is in the best interests of creditors. In addition, permitting consolidation for
Plan purposes will simplify the administration of these cases and the implementation of the Plan.
Also, consolidation for Plan purposes permits the Debtors to avoid costly litigation and other
expenses related to separating out assets and liabilities and preserves such assets for creditors.
For all the foregoing reasons, the Debtors believe that the deemed consolidation of the
Consolidated Debtors for Plan purposes is appropriate.
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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): (a) on or before the Effective Date, 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) on the Effective
Date, 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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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 necessary or appropriate to effect, in accordance with applicable
non-bankruptcy law, 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
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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.
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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 The Global
Settlement New Dana Holdco.
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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 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 The Global Settlement New Dana Holdco.
The Debtors anticipate that, immediately following the Effective Date, their current officers
will serve as the initial officers of New Dana Holdco and the other Reorganized Debtors.
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
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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.
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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.
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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 on
or 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.
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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 Non-Union Retiree Settlement Order; 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, (a) the Reorganized Debtors will continue to administer and
pay all valid claims for benefits and liabilities arising under the Debtors workers compensation
programs for which the Debtor or Reorganized Debtors are responsible under applicable state
workers compensation law, regardless of when the applicable injuries were incurred, in accordance
with the Debtors prepetition practices and procedures, applicable plan documents and governing
state workers compensation law, and (b) nothing in the Plan shall discharge, release, or relieve
the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors from any current or future liability under applicable state
workers compensation law in the jurisdictions where the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors participate
in workers compensation programs, including guarantees given to Michigans Workers Compensation
Agency by Dana on account of payment obligations of certain Debtor subsidiaries. The Debtors
expressly reserve the right to challenge the validity of any claim for benefits or liabilities
arising under any workers compensation program.
Nothing in the Plan shall prevent, as applicable, (a) New Dana Holdco from reserving or (b)
the Debtors from seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of New Dana Holdcos reservation of New Dana
Holdco Common Stock having an aggregate Per Share Value of $22.0 million for distribution after the
Effective Date as a post-emergence bonus to non-union hourly and salaried non management employees,
excluding in all events employees that will be eligible for management
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bonus programs after the Effective Date. Such Non-Union Emergence Shares, would be issued on
terms and conditions established by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors consistent with the
description of such terms and conditions previously provided to the Unions.
The Debtors anticipate that after the Effective Date, New Dana Holdco will implement an equity
incentive plan for management that will reserve up to 5-10% of the fully-diluted outstanding shares
of New Dana Holdco Common Stock. The Debtors anticipate that a copy of the equity incentive plan
will be Filed as a supplement to the Plan.
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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; provided, however, that the
Creditors Committee shall (a) continue to exist for the purpose of objecting to and litigating Fee
Claims and applications for fees and expenses under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and (b)
to the extent (i) an appeal to the Confirmation Order is pending as of the Effective Date and (ii)
the Creditors Committee is a party to and is actively participating in such appeal, the Creditors
Committee shall continue to exist for the purpose of participating in such appeal. 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 (a) 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 and (b) with respect to the Creditors Committee (i) objecting to and
litigating Fee Claims and applications for fees and expenses under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code and (ii) to the extent applicable, the Creditors Committees active participation in any
appeal of the Confirmation Order. Upon the later of (a) the resolution of the Creditors
Committees outstanding objections to any Fee Claims and applications for fees and expenses under
section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and (b) the resolution of any appeal of the Confirmation
Order in which the Creditors Committee is actively participating, the Creditors Committee will
dissolve, and its Professionals will cease to have any role arising from or relating to the Chapter
11 Cases. The Reorganized Debtors will pay the reasonable expenses of the members of the
Creditors Committee incurred in connection with (a) objecting to and litigating Fee Claims and
applications for fees and expenses under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and (b) to the
extent applicable, actively participating in an appeal of the Confirmation Order, without further
Bankruptcy Court approval.
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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, including the Litigation Trust 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,10 to the
extent not expressly released under the Plan or by any Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.
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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.
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The Debtors estimate that the potential net recoveries,
if such actions were to be pursued, of preference actions against trade
creditors, service providers and contract parties, but excluding (i)
governmental entities, (ii) Professionals, (iii) customers and (iv) contract
parties whose contracts the Debtors have been tentatively identified for
assumption under the Plan, could be between $8 million and $16 million. The
ability to achieve an actual recovery on account of these potential causes of
action is highly speculative and uncertain and, in each case, would depend upon
the particular facts and circumstances. It is expected that any defendants in
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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.
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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 except with respect to
obligations arising under the Plan, the Global Settlement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter;
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 or any actions of the Debtors prepetition lenders with respect to the Debtors
prepetition credit facility.
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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 that
votes in favor of the Plan, 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). Notwithstanding the foregoing and except with respect to Derivative Claims and
holders of Claims that vote in favor of the Plan, nothing in the Plan shall release the claims
asserted, or to be asserted, solely on account of alleged conduct occurring prior to the Petition
Date, against any non-Debtor defendant in the Securities Litigation. In addition, nothing in the
Plan shall be deemed to release any applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor from any Liability
arising from or related to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.
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Release of Released Parties by Other Released Parties |
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
this section shall not apply to the obligations arising under the Plan, the Global Settlement and
the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter of the parties thereto; and provided further, 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
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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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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 against a Released Party 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).
From and after the Effective Date, except with respect to obligations arising under the Plan,
the Global Settlement and the B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, 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.
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);
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 or
exculpated pursuant to Sections IV.E.6 and IV.E.7 of the Plan, respectively, 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)
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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.
c. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except with respect to Derivative Claims and holders of
Claims that vote in favor of the Plan, nothing in the Plan shall enjoin the prosecution of the
claims asserted, or to be asserted, solely on account of alleged conduct occurring prior to the
Petition Date, against any non-Debtor defendant in the Securities Litigation. In addition, nothing
in the Plan shall prevent the holders of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims from exercising their
rights against any applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or its Estate or Assets with respect to
their Asbestos Personal Injury Claims. Solely with respect to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, the
automatic stay imposed by section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code will be terminated as of the date that
is 60 days after the Effective Date and, pursuant to section 108(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, the
applicable statute of limitations with respect to any such Claim that did not expire prior to the
Petition Date will cease to be tolled as of that date.
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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.
On or before November 25, 2007, the Creditors Committee, in consultation with the Ad Hoc
Steering Committee, will provide the Debtors with the names of two candidates to serve as a
Litigation Trustee. The Debtors will solicit bids from such candidates, as well as two candidates
selected by the Debtors, and, with the consent of the Creditors Committee (in consultation with
the Ad Hoc Steering Committee), will select the most costeffective and qualified candidate to
serve as Litigation Trustee and the Debtors, in consultation with Centerbridge, the Creditors
Committee and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee, will negotiate and enter into the Litigation Trust
Agreement. The identity of the Litigation Trustee and the Litigation Trust Agreement shall be
Filed no later than five days prior to the Confirmation Hearing and will be effective as of the
Effective Date.
The powers, rights and responsibilities of the Litigation Trust and Litigation Trustee shall
be specified in the Litigation Trust Agreement and shall be limited to: (a) consult with the
Reorganized Debtors with respect to any proposed Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim,
settlement, other agreement or agreed order that would result in an Allowed General Unsecured Claim
in excess of $500,000; (b) File an objection to any proposed Stipulation of Amount and Nature of
Claim, settlement, other agreement or agreed order that would result in an Allowed General
Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000 within ten days of receiving written notice of such proposed
Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim, settlement, other agreement or agreed order; (c) object
to any General Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000 where (i) the Litigation Trustee has requested
the Debtors in writing to object to a General Unsecured Claim, which written request shall
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in no event be served upon the Reorganized Debtors prior to the later of (A) 60 days after the
Effective Date or (B) 45 days after the Filing of a proof of Claim for such General Unsecured
Claim, and (ii) the Debtors have not filed the objection requested by the Litigation Trustee within
20 days of the Reorganized Debtors receipt of such request; and (d) prosecute Recovery Actions and
other Estate causes of action not released by the Plan or in any other order of the Bankruptcy
Court (including the Confirmation Order), including potential Recovery Actions against the Debtors
prepetition secured lenders, to the extent that such causes of action are transferred pursuant to,
and identified in, the Litigation Trust Agreement. In connection with its responsibilities, the
Litigation Trust 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
Litigation Trust Agreement or the Plan, the consultation and objection rights of the Litigation
Trustee with respect to Claims shall be limited to General Unsecured Claims that, if Allowed
pursuant to a Stipulation of Amount and Nature of Claim, other settlement, other agreement or
agreed order, would result in an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in excess of $500,000. Any net
proceeds recovered by the Litigation Trust from the prosecution or resolution of the Recovery
Actions and other Estate causes of action discussed above shall be deposited into the Disputed
Unsecured Claims Reserve for distribution in accordance with the Plan.
Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the reasonable and necessary fees and
expenses of the Litigation Trust and the Litigation Trustee (including the reasonable and necessary
fees and expenses of any professionals assisting the Litigation Trust in carrying out its duties
under the Plan) will be funded by the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the Litigation Trust
Agreement without further order from the Bankruptcy Court.
The Litigation Trust is intended to be treated, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, as a
grantor trust, the sole beneficiary of which is the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, a disputed
ownership fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.468B-9(b)(1), and which,
accordingly, is a part of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
The beneficial interest of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve in the Litigation Trust will
be non-transferable.
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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 Insurance Contracts will be, as applicable,
either deemed assumed by the applicable Reorganized Debtor pursuant to section 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code and Section V.A of the Plan or continued in accordance with its terms such that
each of the parties contractual, legal and equitable rights under each Insurance Contract shall
remain unaltered, and the parties to each Insurance Contract will continue to be bound by such
Insurance Contract as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not occurred. Nothing in the Plan shall affect,
impair, or prejudice the rights or defenses of the Insurers or the Reorganized Debtors under the
Insurance Contracts in any manner, and such Insurers and Reorganized Debtors shall retain all
rights and defenses under the Insurance Contracts, and the Insurance Contracts shall apply to, and
be enforceable by and against, the Reorganized Debtors and the applicable Insurer(s) as if the
Chapter 11 Cases had not occurred. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Plan (a) from and after the Effective Date, the litigation currently pending in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio captioned, collectively, as Firemans Fund
Insurance Company v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Case No. 03-03CV7168; American
Insurance Company v. Celotex Corp., No. 85-7997; and Dana Corp. v. Firemans Fund Insurance
Company, No. 83-1153, shall continue before the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio, and Claims relating to such litigation shall be adjudicated and resolved in the
course of such litigation, rather than in the Bankruptcy Court and (b) nothing in the Plan
(including any other provision that purports to be preemptory or supervening), shall in any way
operate to, or have the effect of, impairing any partys legal, equitable or contractual rights
and/or obligations under any Insurance Contract, if any, in any respect. Any such rights and
obligations shall be determined under the Insurance Contracts, any agreement of the parties and
applicable law.
All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims will be liquidated, determined or otherwise resolved in
the appropriate non-bankruptcy forum, and no Asbestos Personal Injury Claim will be subject to the
Claims allowance process set forth in the Plan.
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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 or as otherwise provided for in 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.L of the Plan.
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. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and anything contained in the Plan, the applicable provisions of the Indentures will
continue in effect solely for the purposes of (a) allowing the Indenture Trustee or other
Disbursing Agent to make distributions on account of Bondholder Claims under the Plan as provided
in Section VI.G of the Plan and (b) permitting the Indenture Trustee to maintain or assert any
rights or Charging Liens it may have on distributions to Bondholders for the Indenture Trustee Fee
Claim pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Indenture. The Reorganized Debtors
shall have not have any obligations to the Indenture Trustee for any fees, costs or expenses except
as expressly provided in the Plan.
The Settlement Pool will be established to settle a dispute between the Creditors Committee,
the Debtors, the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and Centerbridge and provides for settlement payments to
holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims.
Each holder of an Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim will receive, on the 45th day following
the Effective Date, its pro rata portion of the Settlement Pool, which under no circumstances shall
exceed $.085 per $1.00 of each such Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim. Any funds remaining in the
Settlement Pool after all payments have been made to holders of Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims
will be deemed Minimum Excess Cash.
The Settlement Pool will be from the proceeds from the sale of the New Series B Preferred
Stock, pursuant to the New Investment Agreement and B-2 Backstop Commitment Letter, in excess of
$500 million.
In order for a holder of an Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claim to receive a payment from the
Settlement Pool on account of such Claim, each holder will be required to provide the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reasonable evidence that its Claims are Allowed Ineligible
Unsecured Claims no later than 15 days after the Effective Date. The Debtors anticipate sending
out requests for such information no later than 15 days prior to the Effective Date.
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.K of the Plan.
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Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions; Exemption from Certain Transfer
Taxes |
The President, CEO, CFO 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,
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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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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; |
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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 establishment of the Litigation Trust and appointment of the Litigation
Trustee; |
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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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The adoption, execution, delivery and implementation of all contracts, leases,
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
by the stockholders or directors of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; |
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New Dana Holdcos 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
Agreements and the new collective bargaining agreements to be 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 3057; (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
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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
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New Dana Holdcos 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.89 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
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.F.2 of the Plan (regarding undeliverable
distributions) or Section VI.L 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.
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Method of Distributions to Holders of Claims and Interests |
The Reorganized Debtors or such Third Party Disbursing Agents as the Reorganized Debtors, 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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Distributions on Account of Bondholder Claims |
Distributions on account of Allowed Bondholder Claims shall be made (a) to the Indenture
Trustee or (b) with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, through the facilities of
DTC or, if applicable, a Third Party Disbursing Agent. If a distribution is made to the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Third Party Disbursing Agent, shall administer
the distributions in accordance with the Plan and the applicable Indenture and be compensated in
accordance with Section VI.D of the Plan.
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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
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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. For purposes of reviewing the reasonableness of the fees and expenses of
any Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized Debtors shall be provided with copies of invoices
of each Third Party Disbursing Agent in the form typically rendered in the regular course of the
applicable Third Party Disbursing Agents business but with sufficient detail that reasonableness
may be assessed. To the extent that there are any disputes that the Reorganized Debtors are unable
to resolve with a Third Party Disbursing Agent, the Reorganized Debtors may submit such dispute to
the Bankruptcy Court for resolution.
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Provisions Governing Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserves |
On the Effective Date or otherwise prior to the initial distributions under Section VI.G.1 of
the Plan, 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 Allowed Claims in Class 5B and
Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims in Class 5B. 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) as Allowed Claims in the Face Amount of such Claims as of
the Effective Date. In addition, Disputed Claims rendered duplicative as a result of the
consolidation of the Consolidated Debtors pursuant to Section VIII.A of the Plan will only be
counted once for purposes of establishing the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve. As Disputed
Claims are resolved, the Disbursing Agent shall make adjustments to the reserves for Disputed
Claims, but the Reorganized Debtors shall not be required to increase such reserves from and after
the Effective Date. The Debtors may File a motion seeking an order of the Bankruptcy Court
approving additional procedures for the establishment of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
Cash dividends and other distributions received by the Disbursing Agent on account of the
Reserved Shares and any Cash deposited into the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve from the
Litigation Trust, 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 Class 5B and
Disputed Claims that become Allowed Claims in Class 5B, (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 an Allowed Claim in Class 5B and each holder of a Disputed Claim that
ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim in Class 5B will have recourse only to the initial distribution
of Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Cash and 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 in Class 6D will have recourse, to the extent each holder of an
Allowed Claim in Class 5B has been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date
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. Each holder of an Allowed Interest in Class 7A or an
Allowed Claim in Class 7B will have recourse, to the extent each holder of an Allowed Claim in
Classes 5B and 6D has been paid in full, plus Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date
Interest, only to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets, if any, and not to any other assets
held by any Disbursing Agent, the Litigation Trust, the Litigation Trustee ,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).
The rights of holders of Allowed Claims to receive distributions from the Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve in accordance with the Plan will be non-transferable, except with respect to a
transfer by will, the laws of descent and distribution or operation of law.
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Except as provided in Section VI.F.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 Claims and
Noticing 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.
Except as provided in Section VI.C of the Plan, and subject to the requirements of Section
VI.L and Section VI.F.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 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.
Except as provided in Section VI.C of the Plan, 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.L of the Plan. For purposes of distributions under Section V.F.1.b.ii of the Plan,
the Indenture Trustee shall be considered a Third Party Disbursing Agent.
Subject to the requirements of Section VI.L 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.L of the Plan.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to impair, waive or
extinguish any rights of the Indenture Trustee with respect to a Charging Lien, provided, however,
that any such Charging Lien will be released upon payment of the Indenture Trustees reasonable
fees and expenses in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indentures and this Plan.
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Undeliverable Distributions Held by Disbursing Agents |
Subject to Section VI.F.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.F.2.a.i of the Plan until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable. Subject
to Section VI.E.6 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
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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 held by a Third Party Disbursing Agent will be returned to New Dana Holdco.
If, on the later of (i) one year after the Effective Date and (ii) the first Business Day after
the Final Distribution Date, (A) Allowed Claims in Class 5B have not been paid in full plus
Postpetition Interest and Post-Effective Date Interest and (B) the aggregate amount of such
unclaimed distributions would result in a Pro Rata distribution exceeding $500 to holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 5B, such unclaimed distributions will be distributed Pro Rata to holders of
Allowed Claims in Class 5B in accordance with Section VI.G.5 of the Plan. Any unclaimed
distributions not distributed pursuant to the foregoing proviso, or any such distributions that are
returned as undeliverable, will become property of New Dana Holdco, free of any restrictions
thereon. 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. 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.
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Timing and Calculation of Amounts to Be Distributed |
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes Other than 5B, 6D and 7B |
Subject to Section VI.A of the Plan, on the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Claim in
a Class other than 5B, 6D 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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Valuation of New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
For the purposes of (a) establishing the value of all distributions of New Dana Holdco Common
Stock to be made pursuant to the Plan and (b) calculating the amount of New Dana Holdco Common
Stock to be reserved under the Plan, each share of New Dana Holdco Common Stock shall be valued at
the Per Share Value.
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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.
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Post-Effective Date Interest on Claims |
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, Post-Effective Date Interest shall not accrue on
account of any Claim.
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 5B |
Subject to Section VI.A and VI.C of the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Disbursing Agent will
distribute to each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 5B its Pro Rata share of the Distributable
Shares or New Dana Holdco Common Stock and Distributable Excess Minimum Cash.
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If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Class 5B is Disallowed or
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.G.5.b of the Plan, to the applicable holders of Allowed
Claims in Class 5B 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 Class 5B 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 Class
5B that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up
Distribution as its first distribution after such Claim is Allowed. 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.
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Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class 6D |
On the Periodic Distribution Date upon which (i) all Disputed Claims in Class 5B 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 Claim in Class 6D its Pro Rata
share of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets, if any.
If, prior to a Periodic Distribution Date, a Disputed Claim in Class 6D is Disallowed or
Allowed in an amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating
the initial distribution to Class 6D, the applicable Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets will
be distributed, subject to Section VI.G.6.b of the Plan, to the applicable holders of Allowed
Claims in Class 6D 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 Class 6D its Pro Rata share of the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve
Assets, until such time as all Disputed Claims in Class 6D entitled to such distributions have been
resolved. On an applicable Periodic Distribution Date, a holder of an Allowed Claim in Class 6D
that ceased being a Disputed Claim subsequent to the Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up
Distribution as its first distribution after such Claim is Allowed. 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.
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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 5B and 6D
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 have been 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 Disputed Unsecured
Claims Reserve Assets remaining in the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve, if any. For the purpose
of calculating the amount Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets to be initially distributed to
holders of Allowed Interests in Class 7A and Allowed Claims in Class 7B, (i) all Allowed Interests
will be valued based on the per share value of Old Dana Common Stock at the close of business on
the Petition Date and (ii) 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 Disallowed or
Allowed in an amount that is less that the amount utilized by the Disbursing Agent in calculating
the initial distribution, the applicable Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve Assets will be
distributed, subject to Section VI.G.7.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
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subsequent to the Effective Date will receive a Catch-Up Distribution as its first
distribution after such Claim is Allowed. 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.
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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.
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De Minimis Distributions |
A Disbursing Agent will not distribute Cash (including Excess Minimum Cash) to the holder of
an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, as applicable, if the amount of Cash (including Excess
Minimum Cash) to be distributed on any Periodic Distribution Date is less than $500.
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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.
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Distribution Record Date |
A Disbursing Agent will have no obligation to, and will not, recognize the transfer of, or the
sale of any participation in, any Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest 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 and Allowed Interests that are holders of
such Claims and Interests, 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 to, and will not, recognize the transfer of, or sale of any Bondholder Claim or any
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.
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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 or foreign bank, as applicable, selected by the applicable
Disbursing Agent or, at the option of the applicable Disbursing Agent, by wire transfer from a
domestic bank or foreign bank, as applicable.
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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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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.
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Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities |
Except as provided in Section VI.L.2 of the Plan for lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
Bonds and except as provided in Section VI.L.1.b of the Plan, 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 on 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. If the record holder of a
Bondholder Claim is DTC or its nominee or such other securities depository or custodian thereof, or
if a Bondholder Claim is held in book-entry or electronic form pursuant to a global security held
by DTC, then the beneficial holder of such a Bondholder Claim shall be deemed to have surrendered
such holders security, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness upon surrender of such
global security by DTC or such other securities depository or custodian thereof. 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.L.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.F.2.c of the Plan.
Except as provided in Section VI.L.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.L.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.
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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
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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.F.2 of the Plan.
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.
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.
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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.
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Treatment of Disputed Claims |
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.
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 or a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court 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 and 5B 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
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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 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.
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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.
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No Distributions Until Allowance; No Settlement Payments Unless Allowance by
Effective Date |
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no payments or distributions will be made on
account of a Disputed Claim until (a) such Claim (or a portion of such Claim) becomes an Allowed
Claim, if ever and (b) solely with respect to Allowed Ineligible Unsecured Claims, any portion of
such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim as of the Effective Date. In lieu of distributions under the
Plan to holders of Disputed Claims in Class 5B, 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.
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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 Section V.G of the Plan, on or
after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will have the sole authority to File, settle,
compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment objections to Claims. On or after the Effective Date,
only the Reorganized Debtors, subject to Section V.G of the Plan, may settle or compromise any
Disputed Claim or any objection or controversy relating to any Claim, without approval of the
Bankruptcy Court.
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 Litigation Trustee
(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.
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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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Consent to Resolution of Certain Disputes |
If (a) the resolution by the Debtors of an objection to the Plan or Disclosure Statement made
by or on behalf of a holder of a Class 5B Claim or (b) a resolution of the appeal of the order
approving the Global Settlement with Appaloosa Management, L.P. or any Affiliate thereof would
require, in either such case, a payment to be made by the Debtors or other consideration to be
provided to the non-Debtor party, the Debtors may agree to such resolution only with the reasonable
consent of the Series B-2 Backstop Investors, Centerbridge and the Creditors Committee..
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. See Confirmation of the Plan
Requirements for Confirmation of the Plan Best Interests of Creditors. 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 that 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 the 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 cases 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,
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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 Allowed Claims and
Interests under a chapter 11 liquidation plan probably would be 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 PROJECTIONS ATTACHED TO THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AS EXHIBIT F WERE NOT PREPARED WITH A
VIEW TOWARD COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE AICPA, 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 CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP. EXCEPT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, 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, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, AND NEW DANA HOLDCO DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR
OTHERWISE REVISE THESE PROJECTIONS OR TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING OR ARISING AFTER
THE DATE OF THESE PROJECTIONS OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS NOR TO INCLUDE
SUCH INFORMATION IN DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC OR OTHERWISE MAKE SUCH INFORMATION
PUBLIC.
WHILE PRESENTED WITH NUMERICAL SPECIFICITY, THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED UPON A VARIETY OF
ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS, WHICH, WHILE CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY MANAGEMENT, MAY NOT BE REALIZED,
AND ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES,
MANY OF WHICH ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF DANAS MANAGEMENT. 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 THE PROJECTIONS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE
PROJECTIONS, PLEASE REFER TO THE NARRATIVE AND NOTES TO EXHIBIT F TO THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
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
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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.
A. Certain Bankruptcy Considerations
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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, substantial additional
Claims would arise by reason of the liquidation and from the rejection of unexpired leases and
other executory contracts.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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Reorganized Debtors Business Plans |
The Reorganized Debtors may make changes to their business, operations and current business
plans that may have a material impact on the Reorganized Debtors future results of operations and
the price of New Dana Holdcos shares.
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C. General Economic Risk Factors and Risks Specific to the Business of the Dana Companies
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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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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.
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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.
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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 not to be 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
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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
for 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.
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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 Class 5B
will receive its Pro Rata share of 100 million shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock less the
shares reserved for payment of the post-emergence bonuses to Union employees and/or non-union
hourly and salaried non-management employees 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.
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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 expects
that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be approved for listing on NYSE immediately following
the Effective Date when New Dana Holdco meets the listing requirements for such securities.
However, the Debtors cannot predict whether the NYSE
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will approve the New Dana Holdco Common Stock for listing or when any such listing will occur.
There can be no assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be listed on NYSE or any
other national exchange or interdealer quotation system or that New Dana Holdco will continue to
meet the requirements for listing once a listing has been approved. If the New Dana Holdco Common
Stock is not listed on a national exchange or interdealer quotation system, New Dana Holdco 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 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 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 Class 5B, (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 Class 5B have been paid in full, plus Postpetition
Interest; (c) holders of New Preferred Stock converting such stock; (d) certain Union employees who
are entitled to a post-emergence bonus; and (e) non-union hourly and salaried non-management
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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Holders of Shares of New Preferred Stock Will Be Restricted in Their Ability to
Transfer or Resell Their Shares |
New Dana Holdco will offer the New Preferred Stock under an exemption from registration under
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The New Preferred Stock will not be
registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, until New Dana Holdco fulfills its obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement, holders of shares of New Preferred Stock may only offer or
sell the shares pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to an effective
registration statement. In addition, the Debtors cannot assure that New Dana Holdco will be able
to register the New Preferred Stock in the manner and at the times contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreements.
Holders of shares of New Preferred Stock will also be subject to lockup provisions prohibiting
transfer, sale or conversion of such shares for six months after the Effective Date. Each
Qualified Investor that subscribes for shares of New Preferred Stock should understand that it will
not be permitted to dispose of those shares until the lockup period expires and therefore must bear
the financial risks of its investment until the expiration of that period.
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There Is No Established Market for Shares of New Preferred Stock, Which Means
There Are Uncertainties Regarding the Prices and Terms on Which Holders Could Dispose of
Their Shares, If at All |
No established market exists for the New Preferred Stock. New Dana Holdco does not intend to
apply to list the New Preferred Stock on any national exchange or interdealer quotation system.
There can be no assurances as to the presence or the liquidity of any trading market for the New
Preferred Stock or that holders will be able to sell their shares at a particular time or that the
prices that may be received will be favorable.
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Influence on the Matters Presented to the Shareholders |
Centerbridge and its affiliates could acquire a large enough ownership in New Dana Holdco and
will have approval, board representation and other rights pursuant to the New Dana Holdco charter
and a shareholders agreement with New Dana Holdco which together would give Centerbridge and its
affiliates 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 21% 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 in the New Investment Agreement) of the shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock.
Furthermore, Centerbridge and its affiliates have the right to approve a transaction involving a
change of control of New Dana Holdco, subject to being overridden by a 2/3 shareholder vote, and as
such Centerbridge and its affiliates 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. See New Dana Holdco Shareholders Agreement.
The estimates of Allowed Claims in this Disclosure Statement are based on the Debtors review
of the proofs of Claims Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases and their books and records, as well as the
results of Claim settlements achieved to date and Claims objections prosecuted to completion to
date. Upon the passage of all applicable Bar Dates, the completion of further analyses of the
proofs of Claim, the completion of Claims litigation and related matters, the total amount of
Claims that ultimately become Allowed Claims in the Chapter 11 Cases may differ from the Debtors
estimates, and such difference could be material. For example, the amount of any Disputed Claim
that ultimately is allowed may be significantly more or less than estimated amount of such Claim
used herein. With respect to Class 5B in particular, the actual ultimate aggregate amount of
Allowed General Unsecured Claims in such Class may differ significantly from the estimates set
forth in this Disclosure Statement. Accordingly, the amount of Pro Rata distributions of
Distributable Shares of New Dana Holdco Common Stock, Distributable Excess Minimum Cash, Reserved
Shares and Reserved Excess Minimum Cash that may be received by a particular holder of an Allowed
General Unsecured Claim in Class 5B may be adversely or favorably affected by the aggregate amount
of Claims ultimately allowed in such Class.
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 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.
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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
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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.
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Limitation on NOL Carryforwards |
Dana anticipates that its consolidated NOLs at emergence after reduction for COD income will
be in excess of approximately $1 billion. 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 $3.317 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 $149.265 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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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). In addition, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offering, holders of certain Allowed Claims constituting tax
securities in Class 5B may be entitled to purchase New Series B Preferred Stock (hereinafter
referred to as the Series B Rights). A holder who receives New Dana Holdco Common Stock
(with or without Series B Rights) and Cash or a Contingent Interest would recognize gain (but not
loss), if any, to the
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extent of any Cash received. Because additional distributions may be made to
holders of Allowed Claims after the initial distribution, a portion of any gain realized by a
holder in satisfaction of its Allowed 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 and the Series B Rights
(apart from any portion thereof allocable to interest) would equal the portion of the holders
basis in its Allowed Claim allocable to the New Dana Holdco Common Stock; and the Series B Rights,
allocated between the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Series B Rights based on their relative
fair market values. The holding period for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Series B
Rights (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 or Series B
Rights allocable to interest would equal the fair market value of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock
or Series B Rights on the date of the distribution to the holder of New Dana Holdco Common Stock or
Series B Rights, as the case may be, and the holding period of such New Dana Holdco Common Stock or
Series B Rights 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 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.
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Holders of Claims Not Constituting Tax Securities |
A holder of an Allowed Claim (other than an Allowed Claim in Class 5C) that is not a tax
security who receives New Dana Holdco Common Stock, Series B Rights, 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 and Series B Rights received by the holder with respect to its Allowed Claim and (b) the
holders adjusted tax basis in its Claim. Because additional distributions may be made to holders
of Allowed 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 and any Series B Rights received under the
Plan by a holder of an Allowed Claim not constituting a tax security would equal the fair market
value of the New Dana Holdco Common Stock and the Series B Rights on the date of distribution to
the holder by New Dana Holdco. The holding period for any New Dana Holdco Common Stock and any
Series B Rights 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 or loss 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 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 5C.
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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 (but not loss),
if any, to the extent of Cash it receives, if any, in respect of its Contingent Interest. 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.
The holders aggregate tax basis in the New Dana Holdco Common Stock received, if any, would
equal the portion of the holders basis in its Old Common Stock of Dana Interest allocable to the
New Dana Holdco Common Stock; and the holding period for the New Dana Holdco Common Stock would
include the holding period for its Old Common Stock of Dana Interest.
Generally, any gain 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.
E. Certain Other Tax Considerations for Holders of Claims or Interests
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A recipient of Series B Rights generally would not recognize gain or loss upon the exercise of
such rights. The tax basis in the New Series B Preferred Stock received upon exercise of the
Series B Rights would equal the sum of the holders tax basis in the Series B Rights and the amount
paid for such New Series B Preferred Stock. The holding period in such New Series B Preferred
Stock received would commence the exercise date. Upon any lapse of Series B Rights received, the
holder would recognize a loss equal to its tax basis in the Series B Rights. In general, such a
loss should be a capital loss.
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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 of 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 as more fully described above in U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences to Holders of Claims and U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Holders of
Interests.
Any income realized by the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve prior to the time of the
distributions of the assets of the reserve to the holders of Contingent Interests will be reported
by the Disbursing Agent as income of and taxable to the Disputed Unsecured Claims Reserve.
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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.
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Post-Effective Date Distributions |
Holders of Claims may receive distributions 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 and holders of
Interests 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 or an Interest.
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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.
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Bad Debt and/or Worthless Securities Deduction |
A holder who, under the Plan, receives in respect of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest an
amount less than the holders tax basis in the Allowed Claim or Allowed 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 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.
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.
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.
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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
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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 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
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New Dana Holdco Common Stock |
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.
The Debtors expect that any Non-Union Emergence Shares reserved by New Dana Holdco for
issuance as a post-emergence bonus to non-union hourly and salaried non-management employees will
be registered for resale by filing a registration statement on Form S-8 with the SEC at or shortly
following the time such bonuses are paid. For purposes of the following discussion of section 1145
of the Bankruptcy Code, the term New Dana Holdco Common Stock does not include the Non-Union
Emergence Shares.
New Dana Holdco expects that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be approved for listing on
NYSE immediately following the Effective Date when New Dana Holdco meets the listing requirements
for such securities. However, the Debtors cannot give any assurances that the NYSE will approve
the New Dana Holdco Common Stock for listing or predict when any such listing will occur. There
can be no assurance that the New Dana Holdco Common Stock will be listed on the NYSE or any other
national exchange or interdealer quotation system or that New Dana Holdco will continue to meet the
requirements for listing once a listing has been approved. If the New Dana Holdco Common Stock is
not listed on a national exchange or interdealer quotation system, New Dana Holdco 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 Implementation of the Plan
New Dana Holdco Common Stock.
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.
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New Dana Holdco Preferred 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. It
is not contemplated that the shares of New Preferred Stock will be registered under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act as of the Effective Date nor is it contemplated that such securities will
be listed on a national exchange or interdealer quotation system. Accordingly, active trading
markets may not exist for such securities and there can be no assurance that a holder of shares of
New Preferred Stock will be able to sell their shares in the future or as to the prices at which
any such sales may occur.
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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 for New Dana Holdco Common Stock
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Initial Offer and Sale |
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.
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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administrative expense against the debtor with a view to distributing any security
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issuer is defined in section 2(11) of the Securities Act. |
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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in connection with the sale of such securities or (ii) concerted action by distributors
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prepared or used to assist in the resale of such securities, other than a bankruptcy
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the payment of special compensation to brokers and dealers in connection with
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
does not 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.
Securities issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506,
including the New Series A Preferred Stock and New Series B Preferred Stock, and any component of
the Exit Facility deemed to be a security, will be restricted securities within the meaning of
Rule 144 and may not be resold without registration under the Securities Act unless resold pursuant
to an exemption from such registration. New Dana Holdco has agreed to register shares of the New
Series A Preferred Stock and New Series B Preferred Stock for resale under certain conditions
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements. See Section VII.F.3, New Dana Holdco Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.
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.
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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.
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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
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with the disclosure statement delivery requirements of section 1145(a)(4). Stockbrokers are
urged to consult their own counsel with respect to such requirements.
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Restrictions on Transfer of New Preferred Stock |
Neither the New Preferred Stock nor the common stock issuable upon conversion thereof has been
registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law. Accordingly, such
securities may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except in compliance with the
registration requirements of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law, or pursuant
to an exemption therefrom or in a transaction not subject thereto.
Centerbridge, on the one hand, and the other Investors, on the other hand, will enter into
separate Registration Rights Agreements with New Dana Holdco in connection with the Plan that will
provide registration rights for their shares of New Preferred Stock. New Dana Holdcos obligations
to file a registration statement under the Securities Act to effect the registration of shares of
New Preferred Stock will be limited to those set forth under the Registration Rights Agreements.
As a purchaser of securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act, each
Investor should proceed on the assumption that the economic risk of the investment must be borne
for an indefinite period, since the securities may not be resold unless they are subsequently
registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available.
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
November 23, 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, 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. The Creditors Committee likewise supports the Plan.
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Dated: October 23, 2007 |
Respectfully submitted,
DANA CORPORATION (on its own behalf and on behalf
of each affiliate Debtor)
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/s/ Marc S. Levin
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Marc S. Levin |
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Acting Secretary |
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