Noranda Aluminum, Inc.
Case No. 16-10083
Case Background
On February 8, 2016, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation and all of its wholly owned direct and indirect subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions to initiate a court supervised process under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The cases were before the Honorable Barry S. Schermer, and were jointly administered under Case No. 16-10083.
Important Information & Dates
On December 29, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order closing the Debtors' chapter 11 cases.
Dates
Parties
Debtors' Counsel
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
www.paulweiss.com
Phone: 212.373.3000
Fax: 212.757.3990
Alan W. Kornberg
Elizabeth McColm
Alexander Woolverton
Debtors' Local Counsel
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Carmody MacDonald P.C.
120 S. Central Avenue, Suite 1800
St. Louis, MO 63105
http://www.carmodymacdonald.com/
Phone: 314.854.8600
Fax: 314.854.8660
Christopher J. Lawhorn
Angela L. Drumm
Colin M. Luoma
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors' Counsel
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP
65 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, NJ 07068
https://www.lowenstein.com/
Phone: 973.597.2500
Fax: 973.597.2400
Kenneth A. Rosen, Esq.
Jeffrey D. Prol, Esq.
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
https://www.lowenstein.com/
Phone: 212.262.6700
Fax: 212.262.7402
Bruce S. Nathan, Esq.
David M. Banker, Esq.
Debtors' Restructuring Advisors
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Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC
1000 Town Center
Suite 750
Southfield, MI 48075
http://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/
Phone: 248.936.0800
Fax: 248.936.0801
Charles Moore
Holden Bixler
United States Trustee and Court Information
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Office of the United States Trustee
111 South 10th Street
Suite 6353
St. Louis, MO 63102
http://www.justice.gov/ust-regions-r13/region-13-eastern-district-missouri
Phone: 314.539.2976
Fax: 314.539.2990
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United States Bankruptcy Court
Thomas F. Eagleton US Courthouse
111 S. 10th Street, 4th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63102
http://www.moeb.uscourts.gov
Phone: 314.244.4500
Debtors
Case Number | Debtor Name | Petition Date |
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Case Number 16-10083 | Debtor Name Noranda Aluminum, Inc. | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40744 | Debtor Name Gramercy Alumina Holdings Inc. | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40745 | Debtor Name Gramercy Alumina Holdings II, Inc. | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40741 | Debtor Name NHB Capital, LLC | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40746 | Debtor Name Noranda Alumina LLC | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40740 | Debtor Name Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corporation | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40739 | Debtor Name Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40748 | Debtor Name Noranda Bauxite Limited | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40747 | Debtor Name Noranda Bauxite Holdings Ltd. | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40742 | Debtor Name Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Case Number 16-40743 | Debtor Name Norandal USA, Inc. | Petition Date February 08, 2016 |
Creditors’ Committee
On February 19, 2016, the Office of the United States Trustee appointed an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”). The members of the committee are: (i) Artisan Contracting, LLC; (ii) Delaware Trust Co.; (iii) Mexichem Fluor Comercial, S.A de C.V.; (iv) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.; (v) Rain CII Carbon LLC; (vi) Steward Steel, Inc.; and (vii) United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers or USW).
Committee Counsel
The Committee is represented by Lowenstein Sandler LLP as its lead counsel and Spencer Fane LLP as its co-counsel.
Committee Omnibus Objection
On May 5, 2016, the Committee filed a motion to file under seal (“Motion to Seal”) the Committee’s omnibus objection to the (a) Debtors’ motion for an order authorizing and approving the Debtors’ (i) Key Employee Incentive Plan; (ii) Key Employee Retention Plan; and (iii) 2015 Compensation Plan; and (b) the Debtors’ motion for an order authorizing and approving the Debtors’ Modified Senior Management Severance Program for Non-Insider Employees (the “Omnibus Objection”). In the Committee’s Motion to Seal, the Committee indicated that it would make available for review on this website a redacted copy of the Omnibus Objection.
A copy of the redacted Omnibus Objection (excluding exhibits) may be obtained here.
Contact the Committee
In addition to the information available on this website, creditors may submit questions and provide comments to the Committee via its counsel at NorandaTeam@Lowenstein.com