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. Noranda has taken this action to have additional time and flexibility to evaluate options for our various business operations.
The cases are pending before the Honorable Barry S. Schermer, and the Debtors' cases are jointly administered under Case No. 16-10083.
On December 29, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order closing the Debtors' chapter 11 cases.
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Important Information & Dates
Omnibus/Scheduled Hearing Dates/Objection Deadlines:
- Thursday, November 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (ET) - Southern District of New York
Judge Schermer – One Bowling Green, Courtroom 621, New York, NY - Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (CT) / 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Judge Schermer – St. Louis Courtroom 5 North
- Downstream Bid Procedures Order [D.I. 471]
- Timeline for the Sale:
- Bid Deadline: June 29, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. (ET)
- Sale Objection Deadline: May 31, 2016, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. (CT)
- Auction: July 7, 2016, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET)
- Location: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
- Location: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
- Sale Hearing: July 14, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (CT)
- Upstream Bid Procedures Order [D.I. 875]
- Timeline for the Sale:
- Bid Deadline: September 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. (CT)
- Sale Objection Deadline: September 20, 2016, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. (CT)
- Auction: October 18, 2016, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. (ET)
- Location: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
- Location: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
- Sale Hearing: October 20, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. (CT)
Key Dates:
- Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 341 Meeting of Creditors at 11:00 a.m. (CT)/12:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: Thomas F. Eagleton U. S. Courthouse, Suite 21.130, U.S. Attorney Multipurpose Room 111 S. 10th Street, 4th Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63102 - Sunday, May 8, 2016
- Deadline to Remove Actions
- Friday, June 3, 2016
- Deadline to File Proofs of Claim (Non-Governmental Parties)
- Wednesday, June 7, 2016
- Expiration of Debtors' exclusive period to file plan
- Deadline to assume real estate leases
- Saturday, August 6, 2016
- Expiration of Debtors' exclusive period to solicit acceptances of the plan
- Tuesday, August 30, 2016
- Deadline to file Proofs of Claim (Governmental Parties)
- Friday, February 8, 2018
- Deadline to commence avoidance actions
DIP Financing Milestone Dates:
- Final Order approving the Downstream Sale Process: 73 days after the Petition Date
- Idling of the Debtors’ aluminum smelter located in New Madrid, MO: 45 business days after the Petition Date
- Proposal of Business Plan: April 8, 2016
- (i) Entry of Final Order authorizing NBL to reject Bauxite Sale Agreement (between NBL and Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC) or (ii) entry of Final Order approving settlement agreement between NBL and Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC: 60 days after the Petition Date
- Entry of the Final Order (i) approving the sale of the Downstream Business and (ii) approving allocation of proceeds from the Downstream Asset Sale to the specified DIP Lenders and Credit Parties: 123 days after the Petition Date
- Closing of the sale of the Downstream Business: 148 days after the Petition Date
- Filed either (1) plan of reorganization (“Plan”) and related disclosure statement or (2) Upstream Sale Motion: 111 days after the Petition Date
- Plan Milestones (subject to (g)):
- Entry of Order approving the disclosure statement and plan solicitation procedures: 35 days after Plan Filing Date
- Entry of Order confirming the Plan: 90 days after Plan Filing Date
- Occurrence of the effective date of the Plan: the earlier of (i) 30 days after the entry of the Confirmation Order and (ii) 231 days after the Petition Date
- If the Debtors do not comply with any of the Plan Milestones, filing of the Upstream Sale Motion must be within five business day of such non-compliance
Dates
Hearing on Bauxite Contract with Sherwin Alumina
Hearing to Approve the Stalking Horse Motion
Hearing to Approve Stalking Horse Agreement
Upstream Business Auction Gramercy and St. Ann Assets
Upstream Sale Hearing Gramercy and St. Ann Assets
Parties
Debtors' Counsel
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16-10083 | Noranda Aluminum, Inc. | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40744 | Gramercy Alumina Holdings Inc. | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40745 | Gramercy Alumina Holdings II, Inc. | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40741 | NHB Capital, LLC | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40746 | Noranda Alumina LLC | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40740 | Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corporation | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40739 | Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40748 | Noranda Bauxite Limited | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40747 | Noranda Bauxite Holdings Ltd. | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40742 | Noranda Intermediate Holding Corporation | February 08, 2016 |
| 16-40743 | Norandal USA, Inc. | 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